{"id":8188,"date":"2018-01-05T13:29:45","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T13:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=8188"},"modified":"2018-01-05T13:29:45","modified_gmt":"2018-01-05T13:29:45","slug":"victoria-and-albert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2018\/01\/victoria-and-albert\/","title":{"rendered":"Victoria and Albert"},"content":{"rendered":"
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So here we are, starting as we mean to go on with the first releases of 2018.<\/p>\n

As promised, the British are the latest Aeronef fleet to start receiving upgrades (this was supposed to happen last year but the arrival of the Slammers Regiment<\/a> delayed things a little). The first of the old models to be replaced is the Victoria class Heavy Battleship<\/strong> with its three large triple gun turrets and pair of carried E-8 torpedo boats. In keeping with our other new Aeronef, the new model has a resin hull and separate metal fittings including turrets, masts and funnels.<\/p>\n

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Accompanying the Victoria is the all-new Albert class Battleship<\/strong>, which shares a basic hull plan but exchanges the torpedo boats for an extra main turret. Phil had always planned to make this model when we released the original Victoria, and his grand design is now finally a reality.<\/p>\n

The Victoria’s E-8 torpedo boats<\/strong> are now available separately in sets of three for \u00a31.50. They have also been redesigned to the same standard as their parent craft.<\/p>\n

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And while we were at it, it made sense to redesign the other two British small craft since they can all share a mould. So the Stingray torpedo nef<\/strong> and Abingdon patrol nef<\/strong> have had a makeover too – both are also now sold in threes, although the price per model (\u00a30.50) remains the same as before. <\/p>\n

We’ve created a new fleet pack, the imaginatively-named British Fleet Pack #4<\/strong> which contains a Victoria, an Albert and six escort vessels. And finally for this week, the British Torpedo Flotilla<\/strong> has been slightly changed – it now contains three Stingrays, three E-8s and a Cossack frigate as flotilla leader plus bases.<\/p>\n

VANFP-106<\/a> – British Fleet Pack #4 – \u00a322.00
\nVANFP-112<\/a> – British Torpedo Flotilla – \u00a34.50<\/p>\n

VAN-110<\/a> – Stingray class Torpedo Nef (x3) – \u00a31.50
\nVAN-113<\/a> – Abingdon class Patrol Nef (x3) – \u00a31.50
\nVAN-117<\/a> – Victoria class Heavy Battleship – \u00a39.00
\nVAN-120<\/a> – Albert class Dreadnought – \u00a39.00
\nVAN-121<\/a> – E-8 class Torpedo Nef (x3) – \u00a31.50<\/p>\n

This is only the start of the British Grand Fleet’s revamp – the other battleship and battlecruiser models are in the pipeline for the next couple of months, as is the Albion carrier, and there’s another brand new model to go along with them. Once they’re all been upgraded then we’ll move on to reorganising the contents of the various fleet packs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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