1/2400th War of the Pacific

I've been bumping into the naval side of the War of the Pacific recently, in various ways, and have decided to give it a go in 1/2400th scale using the excellent Tumbling Dice models. I was particularly taken by the ones that Peter has recently painted up on his excellent blog: 

http://singlehandedadmiral.blogspot.com/2020/01/war-of-pacific-ironclads.html

..and also by Trebian's War of the Pacific project from a while back:

http://wargaming4grownups.blogspot.com/2016/09/where-are-we-going-next.html

...not to mention Thomo's handy guide to Tumbling Dice models for the war:

https://thomo.coldie.net/2012/08/05/the-peruvianchilean-navy-the-models/

...and Ben Walton's superb Chilean ships:

https://ofdiceandtinymen.wordpress.com/2013/01/20/chilean-ironclads/

So, I thought to myself, why not have a go at some Peruvian and Chilean warships for the conflict, with the Huascar being the obvious place to start. I already had the ASV61 Tumbling Dice model, although the accompanying Independencia has been converted into HMS Pallas, so I have ordered a second pack to have both the Chilean and Peruvian versions. 

I've also ordered some assorted screw sloops, gunboats and corvettes, as well as already having the Almirante Cochrane and Blanco Encalada in the spares box. It's yet another 1/2400th scale Victorian ironclad project to tackle, who knows when or how, but I really enjoy painting and wargaming in this scale, so why not?