I was sorting out the ships for the Battle of Cap Blanc game this morning and also doing a stock check of my 1/2400th scale ironclad collection. I have painted nearly all of the available models in the Tumbling Dice range for my 1870's Royal Navy fleet, give or take one or two duplicates, but my French fleet has been understrength and under represented for far too long. I have therefore decided to assemble and paint some reinforcements, which I've had in the lead pile for ages but never got round to completing.
These are the six remaining Provence class ironclads - Gauloise, Heroine, Survellainte, Valeureuse, Magnaneme and Savoie - bringing the fleet up to full strength, together with the two Gloire class ironclads - Invincible and Normandie, both of which I didn't bother with before as they were broken up in the mid-1870's. This lot will give the French a fighting chance in a fleet engagement with the better armoured Royal Navy broadside ironclads and also allow me to run some proper fleet sized actions.
I have some other things to do for the moment but these models will be on the workbench as soon as I can clear the decks.
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