{"id":6042,"date":"2015-11-13T14:21:44","date_gmt":"2015-11-13T14:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=6042"},"modified":"2015-11-13T14:21:44","modified_gmt":"2015-11-13T14:21:44","slug":"breaking-radio-silence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/11\/breaking-radio-silence\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking Radio Silence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/11\/breaking-radio-silence\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>It&#8217;s been a busy few days, what with travelling over to Belgium for Crisis and then a week full of restocking orders for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.picoarmor.com\/\">Pico Armor<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scalecreep.com\/catalog\/\">Scale Creep<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6043\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/11\/breaking-radio-silence\/vanfp-703\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/VANFP-703.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"720,540\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"VANFP-703\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/VANFP-703.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/VANFP-703.jpg\" alt=\"VANFP-703\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6043\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/VANFP-703.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/VANFP-703-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It meant that last week&#8217;s new releases have been delayed until now (which in turn will push this week&#8217;s intended new items back &#8211; but they&#8217;ll all come out in the end !). What we have for you are a couple of Aeronef models from foes either side of the Adriatic. The Austro-Hungarians get the Kaiserin class Dig Aircraft Carrier, a giant airship with a flight deck on top and capacious hangars inside the gasbag. The deck boasts a couple of cranes, and these are also available separately in an accessory pack. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6044\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/11\/breaking-radio-silence\/van-1808\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/VAN-1808.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"720,540\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"VAN-1808\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/VAN-1808.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/VAN-1808.jpg\" alt=\"VAN-1808\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6044\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/VAN-1808.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/VAN-1808-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Italians meanwhile get the Ricardo PR-46 seaplane, a bizarre 3&#215;3-winged beast used for transport and (when desperate) bombing raids.<\/p>\n<p>I had a little bit of a varnish disaster on a damp evening last week, so please excuse any odd frosty white spots on the models !<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Aeronef\/Austro-Hungary\/VAN-713.html\">VAN-713<\/a> &#8211; Kaiserin class Dig Carrier &#8211; \u00a39.00<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Aeronef\/Italy\/VAN-1808.html\">VAN-1808<\/a> &#8211; Ricardo PR-46 Tri-deck Seaplane &#8211; \u00a31.50<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Aeronef\/Accessories\/VAN-7005.html\">VAN-7005<\/a> &#8211; Deck Cranes (x12) &#8211; \u00a31.50<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Aeronef\/Fleet%20Packs\/VANFP-703.html\">VANFP-703<\/a> &#8211; Austro-Hungarian Carrier Pack &#8211; \u00a322.00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a busy few days, what with travelling over to Belgium for Crisis and then a week full of restocking orders for Pico Armor and Scale Creep. It meant that last week&#8217;s new releases have been delayed until now &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/11\/breaking-radio-silence\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aeronef","category-new-releases"],"views":3565,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/VANFP-703.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p26BWy-1zs","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9410,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2018\/12\/spanish-skies\/","url_meta":{"origin":6042,"position":0},"title":"Spanish Skies","author":"Tony","date":"December 11, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The sale is sailing serenely on - this morning I took another big batch of parcels to the post office, we've now shipped all orders up to and including December 8th (apart from the last one to arrive that day - no particular reason, I just ran out of time\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Aeronef&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Aeronef","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/aeronef\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Santiago.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Santiago.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Santiago.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Santiago.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7993,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2017\/10\/fattening-up\/","url_meta":{"origin":6042,"position":1},"title":"Fattening Up","author":"Tony","date":"October 6, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The latest Aeronef model to receive a makeover is the French Les Arcs carrier. 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