{"id":6327,"date":"2016-03-09T08:00:02","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T08:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=6327"},"modified":"2016-03-16T09:44:53","modified_gmt":"2016-03-16T09:44:53","slug":"hms-vanguard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/03\/hms-vanguard\/","title":{"rendered":"HMS Vanguard"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The final preview of our new ships for Imperial Skies is the British Vanguard battleship. We’ve given it some slightly different armament in the form of two very large barbette weapons, plus a number of more conventional secondary turrets on the broadside.<\/p>\n

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Progress has been good with these models – we already have the masters printed, cleaned up and ready for moulding (in fact the moulds for the resin hulls of the three larger vessels have already been made). Here’s a shot of all four side by side before moulding, which should give a good idea of the size of the German and French vessels.<\/p>\n

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The final preview of our new ships for Imperial Skies is the British Vanguard battleship. 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