{"id":7003,"date":"2016-09-24T08:00:24","date_gmt":"2016-09-24T07:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=7003"},"modified":"2016-09-23T10:55:39","modified_gmt":"2016-09-23T09:55:39","slug":"hms-vanguard-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/09\/hms-vanguard-2\/","title":{"rendered":"HMS Vanguard"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/09\/hms-vanguard-2\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>The first of the new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/09\/taking-to-the-imperial-skies\/\">Imperial Skies<\/a> Kickstarter models to be launched is the British battleship Vanguard. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7004\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/09\/hms-vanguard-2\/van-119\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/VAN-119.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-119\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/VAN-119.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/VAN-119.jpg\" alt=\"van-119\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7004\" \/><\/p>\n<div data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/09\/hms-vanguard-2\/&quot;}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-7003 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/09\/hms-vanguard-2\/van-119-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/VAN-119-3-250x141.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"7006\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/09\/hms-vanguard-2\/van-119-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/VAN-119-3.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-119-3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/VAN-119-3.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/09\/hms-vanguard-2\/van-119-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/VAN-119-1-250x141.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"7007\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/09\/hms-vanguard-2\/van-119-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/VAN-119-1.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-119-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/VAN-119-1.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/09\/hms-vanguard-2\/van-119-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/VAN-119-2-250x141.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"7008\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/09\/hms-vanguard-2\/van-119-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/VAN-119-2.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-119-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/VAN-119-2.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>This all new model has a resin hull and a dozen metal parts which make up a detailed flying battleship, ready to serve Her Majesty&#8217;s aerial navy in all corners of the Empire. Armed with two heavy-bore cannon in huge barbettes fore and aft, it also has a hefty secondary armament in four secondary turrets amidships.<\/p>\n<p>The photos above are of her sister ship Valiant (I couldn&#8217;t find any decals saying Vanguard !).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Aeronef\/Great%20Britain\/VAN-119.html\">VAN-119<\/a> &#8211; Vanguard class Battleship &#8211; \u00a38.00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first of the new Imperial Skies Kickstarter models to be launched is the British battleship Vanguard. This all new model has a resin hull and a dozen metal parts which make up a detailed flying battleship, ready to serve &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/09\/hms-vanguard-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7004,"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":[3,46,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aeronef","category-imperial-skies","category-new-releases"],"views":3275,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/VAN-119.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p26BWy-1OX","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6327,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/03\/hms-vanguard\/","url_meta":{"origin":7003,"position":0},"title":"HMS Vanguard","author":"Tony","date":"March 9, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The final preview of our new ships for Imperial Skies is the British Vanguard battleship. 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