{"id":6322,"date":"2016-03-08T08:00:55","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T08:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=6322"},"modified":"2016-03-29T09:49:55","modified_gmt":"2016-03-29T08:49:55","slug":"the-gauloise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/03\/the-gauloise\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gaulois"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/03\/the-gauloise\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>After yesterday&#8217;s preview of the Kaiser, today it&#8217;s the turn of the French. This is the Gaulois, which started off as a battleship but has ended up growing to the size of a dreadnought. The main turrets and masts are the same as those from the Charlemagne battlecruiser, but the secondary turrets are new models.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6325\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/03\/the-gauloise\/gauloise-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Gauloise-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,495\" 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=\"Gauloise-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Gauloise-1.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Gauloise-1.jpg\" alt=\"Gauloise-1\" width=\"800\" height=\"495\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Gauloise-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Gauloise-1-768x475.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6323\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/03\/the-gauloise\/gauloise-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Gauloise-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,473\" 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=\"Gauloise-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Gauloise-2.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Gauloise-2.jpg\" alt=\"Gauloise-2\" width=\"800\" height=\"473\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Gauloise-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Gauloise-2-768x454.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6324\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/03\/the-gauloise\/gauloise-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Gauloise-3.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,470\" 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=\"Gauloise-3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Gauloise-3.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Gauloise-3.jpg\" alt=\"Gauloise-3\" width=\"800\" height=\"470\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Gauloise-3.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Gauloise-3-768x451.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After yesterday&#8217;s preview of the Kaiser, today it&#8217;s the turn of the French. This is the Gaulois, which started off as a battleship but has ended up growing to the size of a dreadnought. The main turrets and masts are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/03\/the-gauloise\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6325,"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":[3,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aeronef","category-imperial-skies"],"views":3493,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Gauloise-1.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p26BWy-1DY","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7023,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/09\/the-gaulois\/","url_meta":{"origin":6322,"position":0},"title":"The Gaulois","author":"Tony","date":"September 27, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The huge Gaulois class Dreadnought is a departure for the French aerial fleet, being slower and heavier than existing French vessels. 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