{"id":7226,"date":"2016-11-15T22:57:17","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T22:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=7226"},"modified":"2023-01-04T23:52:55","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T23:52:55","slug":"casting-and-counting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/11\/casting-and-counting\/","title":{"rendered":"Casting and counting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/11\/casting-and-counting\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>As well as normal orders we&#8217;re also steadily working our way through the large number of 6mm tanks needed for our part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/cewargames\/polyversal-miniatures-game\">Polyversal Kickstarter<\/a>. \u00a0We&#8217;re progressing nicely with them\u00a0and the first parcel has just been dispatched.<\/p>\n<p>Pictured below are the 150 Boyds needed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7229\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/11\/casting-and-counting\/boyd\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/boyd.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot A3200 IS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1477148677&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;320&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"boyd\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/boyd.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/boyd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/boyd.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/boyd-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The first 300 out of 750 Ratels.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7233\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/11\/casting-and-counting\/ratel\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ratel.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot A3200 IS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1477136316&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ratel\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ratel.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ratel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ratel.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ratel-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And half of the 150 Curtiss heavy tanks.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7231\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/11\/casting-and-counting\/curtiss\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/curtiss.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,580\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot A3200 IS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1477140538&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;320&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"curtiss\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/curtiss.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/curtiss.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"580\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/curtiss.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/curtiss-768x557.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After that there are 1,000 Catroux wheeled tanks and 2,500 assorted PacFeds.<\/p>\n<p>And there is also the small matter of 6,000 infantry in power armour\u2026&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As well as normal orders we&#8217;re also steadily working our way through the large number of 6mm tanks needed for our part of the Polyversal Kickstarter. \u00a0We&#8217;re progressing nicely with them\u00a0and the first parcel has just been dispatched. Pictured below &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/11\/casting-and-counting\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7229,"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":[5,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-6mm-sf","category-polyversal"],"views":2999,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/boyd.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p26BWy-1Sy","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7386,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2017\/02\/polyversal-fulfilled\/","url_meta":{"origin":7226,"position":0},"title":"Polyversal Fulfilled","author":"Tony","date":"February 13, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Great news - two large boxes landed on Collins Epic Wargames doorstep last week containing around 1600 vehicles and 1200 Power Armour. 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