{"id":8168,"date":"2017-12-23T10:02:46","date_gmt":"2017-12-23T10:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=8168"},"modified":"2017-12-22T23:30:55","modified_gmt":"2017-12-22T23:30:55","slug":"last-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2017\/12\/last-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2017\/12\/last-update\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>We&#8217;ll, that&#8217;s it for 2017. I&#8217;m now off until January 2nd, so while the website will remain open for business, no orders will be processed until I return.<\/p>\n<p>In a rather unexpected turn of events, I did in the end manage to clear every outstanding order (except for one, but that was down to a resin mould failing at just the wrong moment), including one that came in this afternoon. The metal delivery arrived in the nick of time this morning, which was a relief. There were several very large orders which were all for similar items (6mm Slammers and opposition) which I was able to do as one very big batch, saving a lot of time. And I was also very lucky that most of the post-sale orders have been straightforward, either things that were quick and easy to cast or that I already had in stock. Which is great, as it means that 2018 will start with a clean slate rather than a 2017 sale hangover as previous years often have.<\/p>\n<p>The orders won&#8217;t be posted until after Christmas &#8211; there&#8217;s no point, as nothing will be delivered over the holiday so all they&#8217;d do is sit in a Royal Mail depot for several days. I&#8217;ll shift them all during next week.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, while waiting for the metal delivery this morning I made some resin moulds for some of next year&#8217;s early releases. This is what went into them&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8171\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2017\/12\/last-update\/dsc_0922-800x450\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_0922-800x450.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,450\" 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=\"DSC_0922-800&amp;#215;450\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_0922-800x450.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_0922-800x450.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_0922-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_0922-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_0922-800x450-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_0922-800x450-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<div data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2017\/12\/last-update\/&quot;}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-8168 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\/2017\/12\/last-update\/dsc_0920-800x450\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_0920-800x450-250x141.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_0920-800x450-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_0920-800x450-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_0920-800x450.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" data-attachment-id=\"8169\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2017\/12\/last-update\/dsc_0920-800x450\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_0920-800x450.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,450\" 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=\"DSC_0920-800&amp;#215;450\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_0920-800x450.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_0920-800x450.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\/2017\/12\/last-update\/dsc_0921-800x450\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_0921-800x450-250x141.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_0921-800x450-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_0921-800x450-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_0921-800x450.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" data-attachment-id=\"8170\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2017\/12\/last-update\/dsc_0921-800x450\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_0921-800x450.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,450\" 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=\"DSC_0921-800&amp;#215;450\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_0921-800x450.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_0921-800x450.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\/2017\/12\/last-update\/dsc_0918-800x450\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_0918-800x450-250x141.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_0918-800x450-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_0918-800x450-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_0918-800x450.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" data-attachment-id=\"8172\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2017\/12\/last-update\/dsc_0918-800x450\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_0918-800x450.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,450\" 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=\"DSC_0918-800&amp;#215;450\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_0918-800x450.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_0918-800x450.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Merry Christmas!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ll, that&#8217;s it for 2017. I&#8217;m now off until January 2nd, so while the website will remain open for business, no orders will be processed until I return. In a rather unexpected turn of events, I did in the end &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2017\/12\/last-update\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8171,"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":[3,46,14,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aeronef","category-imperial-skies","category-previews","category-updates-and-general-waffle"],"views":2758,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_0922-800x450.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p26BWy-27K","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11336,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2020\/06\/status-update-things-are-a-bit-slow\/","url_meta":{"origin":8168,"position":0},"title":"Status Update &#8211; Things Are a Bit Slow&#8230;","author":"Tony","date":"June 29, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Just time for a quick Sunday night update... My holiday seems unfortunately to have coincided with a spike in orders which means that things are a bit slow at the moment. Turn round time on orders is currently in the order of 10-14 days - hopefully we'll get this cleared\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Updates and General Waffle&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Updates and General Waffle","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/updates-and-general-waffle\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/parcelline.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7287,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/12\/christmas-holidays\/","url_meta":{"origin":8168,"position":1},"title":"Christmas Holidays","author":"Tony","date":"December 19, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"So the sale is all over for another year - this time we've been unusually efficient with turning orders around, although there are still a few remaining that came in on Thursday and Friday for me to mop up this week. However, all sale orders should ship by Christmas barring\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Updates and General Waffle&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Updates and General Waffle","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/updates-and-general-waffle\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Xmas.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Xmas.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Xmas.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Xmas.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1146,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2012\/09\/selwg-advance-orders\/","url_meta":{"origin":8168,"position":2},"title":"SELWG Advance Orders","author":"Tony","date":"September 8, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"The SELWG show is coming up on us soon - it's on October 14th, so just over five weeks away. We'll be taking advanced orders as always, with the usual 10% discount for any over \u00a350. Any orders should be in a week before the show please, to give us\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Shows&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Shows","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/shows\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":352,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2012\/02\/shapeways-combined-ordering\/","url_meta":{"origin":8168,"position":3},"title":"Shapeways &#8211; combined ordering","author":"Tony","date":"February 9, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Reading various forums (should that be fora ?) it seems that one issue which is vexing people about our Shapeways items is the issue of shipping charges. Shapeways charge a flat-rate $6.50 to US addresses, $9.50 to Europe and an eye-watering $19.99 to the rest of the world (these are\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;3D Print&quot;","block_context":{"text":"3D Print","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/3d-print\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/SH6-302a-1-150x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":10765,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2019\/12\/time-for-a-rest\/","url_meta":{"origin":8168,"position":4},"title":"Time for a Rest&#8230;","author":"Tony","date":"December 24, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"We did really well with the sale this year, keeping pretty much up with the orders and not allowing a backlog to build up. Until the final weekend - you'd all obviously been saving up your orders until the last minute, and we were deluged on those two days! So\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Updates and General Waffle&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Updates and General Waffle","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/updates-and-general-waffle\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Brigade-Logo-Christmas.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Brigade-Logo-Christmas.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Brigade-Logo-Christmas.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Brigade-Logo-Christmas.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":13651,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2023\/04\/holiday-time-5\/","url_meta":{"origin":8168,"position":5},"title":"Holiday Time","author":"Tony","date":"April 27, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"After the rigours of Salute, we're having a short break at Brigade to take advantage of the two upcoming bank holidays. We'll be off next week (May 1st to 5th), returning on the 9th after the Coronation bank holiday. The website will remain open, but no orders will be processed\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Updates and General Waffle&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Updates and General Waffle","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/updates-and-general-waffle\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/FB-Profile-e1682594209717.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/FB-Profile-e1682594209717.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/FB-Profile-e1682594209717.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/FB-Profile-e1682594209717.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8168"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8175,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8168\/revisions\/8175"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}