{"id":6235,"date":"2016-02-15T08:27:10","date_gmt":"2016-02-15T08:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=6235"},"modified":"2016-03-04T06:57:46","modified_gmt":"2016-03-04T06:57:46","slug":"kicking-off-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/02\/kicking-off-the-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Kicking Off the Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/02\/kicking-off-the-season\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5824\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/09\/the-season-starts-here\/salute-2015_800x600\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Salute-2015_800x600.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,532\" 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=\"Salute 2015_800x600\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Salute-2015_800x600.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Salute-2015_800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Salute 2015_800x600\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Salute-2015_800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Salute-2015_800x600-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Salute-2015_800x600-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our first show of 2016 is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twws.org.uk\/cavalier_1.htm\">Cavalier<\/a> in Tonbridge, in just under two weeks&#8217; time. This is a show we haven&#8217;t been to for a few years, which is daft since it&#8217;s only a few miles down the road! For this show we have smaller stand than normal which will affect what we can display and the stock we&#8217;re able to bring. We&#8217;re hoping to cram as much as we can behind the stand, and the plan is to bring the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aeronef &#8211; starter packs and fleet packs, no individual models<\/li>\n<li>Spaceships &#8211; fleet packs only, no individual models<\/li>\n<li>15mm &#8211; full range of vehicles and figure packs, no buildings<\/li>\n<li>6mm &#8211; army and company packs, buildings, no individual vehicles<\/li>\n<li>Celtos &#8211; full range of packs and individual models<\/li>\n<li>2mm Buildings &#8211; full range<\/li>\n<li>Great War Belgians &#8211; full range<\/li>\n<li>Magpie Miniatures &#8211; full range<\/li>\n<li>Shapeways &#8211; full range<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Not everything will be on display, so you might need to ask to see some items.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately carrying full stock of models for all of the ranges will simply require too much space, so if you would like any individual spaceships, Aeronef or 6mm vehicles, 15mm buildings or anything from ranges which aren&#8217;t listed above, please contact us before the show with your requirements and we&#8217;ll bring them with us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our first show of 2016 is Cavalier in Tonbridge, in just under two weeks&#8217; time. This is a show we haven&#8217;t been to for a few years, which is daft since it&#8217;s only a few miles down the road! For &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/02\/kicking-off-the-season\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5824,"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":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-shows"],"views":2352,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Salute-2015_800x600.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p26BWy-1Cz","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9612,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2019\/02\/cavalier-2019\/","url_meta":{"origin":6235,"position":0},"title":"Cavalier 2019","author":"Tony","date":"February 6, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Our second show of 2019 is Cavalier, run by Tunbridge Wells Wargames Society - although the show actually takes place in Tonbridge, just down the road. 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