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Brigade Models announces:

We've had a couple of river patrol boats in our 6mm Neo-Soviet range for a while. They've been crying out for an update, so we've remade the hulls as one-piece resin models with lots of extra detail. The BKRL River Gunboat has two Bizon tank turrets with plenty of anti-tank firepower, while the Fire Support version has a Bizon support turret along with a twin gatling air-defence turret and a Vihkr 12-round rocket launcher for indirect fire.

BKRL River Gunboat (l) and Fire Support Boat (r)

To oppose these, the Pacific Federation (PacFed) get two all-new patrol vessels. The Palawah has a forward turret with either twin light cannon or a railgun, and a missile launcher aft. The Warramunga has the same missile launcher or a heavy railgun mount for'd, with a landing platform for an Angelshark attack VTOL.

Warramunga (l) and Palawah (r)

Warramunga with embarked Angelshark VTOL

We've also found another use for the recently released Agri Colony platforms, this time as naval jetties. We might have to make a few more specifically for this use.

PacFed patrol boats tied up in dock

SF300-1212 – BKRL River Gunboat – £4.00 GBP
SF300-1212a – BKRL Fire Support Boat – £4.00 GBP
SF300-713 – Palawah Gunboat – £4.00 GBP
SF300-714 – Warramunga Patrol Boat – £4.00 GBP

This is the first of several batches of 6mm watercraft that we're planning in the next couple of months; on the way we have some landing craft, plus a few civilian vessels. We're intrigued to see what you all make of them – do 6mm SF gamers want/use watercraft?

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