I was reading through the Russo Japanese War scenarios in When Dreadnoughts Ruled the Seas yesterday, working out how many 1/2400th scale models id need to build and paint for a game. This wasn't an insurmountable number but it would take some time to be completed, even if I already have a lot of the principal warships in the lead pile.
I then remembered that I have already assembled, based and undercoated about a dozen Italian pre-dreadnoughts that just need to be painted up to be rest for action. These range from the mid 1880's through to just after 1900, so a good range of interesting vessels, from turret and barbette battleships to proper pre-dreadnoughts.
With a few additions, this would be a really good starting point and eventually useful against both the French and the Austro Hungarians for 'What If?' scenarios. It needs some more thought and I'd have to work out the ship sheets but I think this might be a good project for next year, especially if I go for a wartime grey paint scheme to speed things up a bit.
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