{"id":9410,"date":"2018-12-11T13:52:59","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T13:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=9410"},"modified":"2018-12-11T13:53:07","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T13:53:07","slug":"spanish-skies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2018\/12\/spanish-skies\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish Skies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2018\/12\/spanish-skies\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sale is sailing serenely on &#8211; this morning I took another big batch of parcels to the post office, we&#8217;ve now shipped all orders up to and including December 8th (apart from the last one to arrive that day &#8211; no particular reason, I just ran out of time yesterday !). However, there was a big burst of orders on Sunday, prompted no doubt by the fast-approaching end of the sale next weekend, so that will slow me down a bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the meantime, I&#8217;ve spent the odd hour or two working on further new releases &#8211; more Aeronef, following on from last week&#8217;s British smaller vessels. This time I have a pair of larger vessels &#8211; the first is a new version of the Chilean battleship Santiago. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Aeronef\/Chile\/VAN-1601.html\">old model<\/a>\u00a0(out of production for some time) was notable for it&#8217;s two huge quad gun turrets, so I&#8217;ve kept that aspect of the design, although it&#8217;s also been given two smaller light gun turrets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"9411\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2018\/12\/spanish-skies\/santiago\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Santiago.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" 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=\"Santiago\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Santiago.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Santiago.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Santiago.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Santiago-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The second new vessel is a Spanish fighter carrier. One of the aspects of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Aeronef\/Spain.html\">Spanish capital ships<\/a> that I really like is the raised front-to-back walkway on both vessels, so I&#8217;ve taken this and enlarged it to make a narrow flight deck. Below this at main deck level is an aircraft handling area with an anti-aircraft turret at each corner. The fighter models on deck are British <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Aeronef\/Great%20Britain\/VAN-122.html\">Fitton Scouts<\/a> which I used for sizing purposes. It remains to be seen if the Spanish get their own aircraft design&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"9412\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2018\/12\/spanish-skies\/spanish-cv-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Spanish-CV-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" 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=\"Spanish CV-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Spanish-CV-2.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Spanish-CV-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Spanish-CV-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Spanish-CV-2-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"9413\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2018\/12\/spanish-skies\/spanish-cv-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Spanish-CV-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" 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=\"Spanish CV-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Spanish-CV-1.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Spanish-CV-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Spanish-CV-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Spanish-CV-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sale is sailing serenely on &#8211; this morning I took another big batch of parcels to the post office, we&#8217;ve now shipped all orders up to and including December 8th (apart from the last one to arrive that day &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2018\/12\/spanish-skies\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,14,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aeronef","category-previews","category-updates-and-general-waffle"],"views":3000,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Santiago.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p26BWy-2rM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9396,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2018\/12\/aeronef-previews-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":9410,"position":0},"title":"Aeronef Previews","author":"Tony","date":"December 4, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"First off, the latest sale update ... we've shipped all but three orders from November, so I'm currently about four days behind - which isn't too bad, it means I'm at least keeping up and not slipping any further. I'm hoping that we can repeat last year's achievement of clearing\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Aeronef&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Aeronef","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/aeronef\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Escorts.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Escorts.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Escorts.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Escorts.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Escorts.png?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":11154,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2020\/04\/the-sultan-of-swing\/","url_meta":{"origin":9410,"position":1},"title":"The Sultan of Swing","author":"Tony","date":"April 28, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Joining the Ottoman aerial navy today is our latest Aeronef release - a new version of the Sultan Selim battlecruiser. This original Sultan Selim was bought from Germany and refitted by the Turks, and the design has since been copied and built in the great Aeronef yards on Turkey's Black\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Aeronef&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Aeronef","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/aeronef\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/SS-Release.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/SS-Release.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/SS-Release.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/SS-Release.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9652,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2019\/03\/victory-or-death\/","url_meta":{"origin":9410,"position":2},"title":"Victory or Death","author":"Tony","date":"March 7, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"It's been a busy week ... the slight downside of going away for a few days is that there tends to be a bit of a backlog of orders when I return, so I've been ploughing through those this week - hence the lack of posts on here. I've pretty\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Aeronef&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Aeronef","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/aeronef\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ChileanFleet-Named.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ChileanFleet-Named.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ChileanFleet-Named.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ChileanFleet-Named.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10142,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2019\/06\/flying-batteries\/","url_meta":{"origin":9410,"position":3},"title":"Flying Batteries","author":"Tony","date":"June 28, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"During the Crimean War, the French used a number of Floating Batteries - ironclad hulls with a complement of heavy guns, but no means of propulsion. They were towed into position by smaller vessels - mostly paddle-steamer frigates - and used to bombard Russian coastal forts with some success. They\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Aeronef&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Aeronef","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/aeronef\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/VAN-420a.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/VAN-420a.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/VAN-420a.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/VAN-420a.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":15834,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2025\/02\/home-fleet-home\/","url_meta":{"origin":9410,"position":4},"title":"Home Fleet Home","author":"Tony","date":"February 21, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"First up, a reminder to get your orders in for collection at Hammerhead, which is coming up on the first of March. And secondly, a reminder that we're also at Cavalier in Tonbridge this coming Sunday (although it's too late for any more orders for that now). On Sunday we'll\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Aeronef&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Aeronef","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/aeronef\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ReleaseFeb25.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ReleaseFeb25.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ReleaseFeb25.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ReleaseFeb25.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":11536,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2020\/09\/looks-like-weve-got-us-a-convoy\/","url_meta":{"origin":9410,"position":5},"title":"Looks Like We&#8217;ve Got Us a Convoy","author":"Tony","date":"September 4, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Today sees the release of new redesigned versions of our British Aeronef merchant vessels. The old models of the Pearless, Orama and Shillito have been replaced by new sculpts, all featuring resin hulls with metal parts - and looking much smarter with lots more detail, cargo cranes etc. The Orama,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Aeronef&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Aeronef","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/aeronef\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/BritishMerchants.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/BritishMerchants.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/BritishMerchants.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/BritishMerchants.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9410","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=9410"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9415,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9410\/revisions\/9415"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}