The Last of the Chromatic Naval Builds...

Having been considering, over several weeks, building an armoured cruiser for Ruberia, and finding myself at something of a loose end, I finally built one. It is modelled upon HMS Warrior. Here it is...

I have to admit to a considerable dissatisfaction with the gun turrets. Intended as an approximation of the bell-shape (in plan), I tried a trapezoidal shape. Unfortunately, my cutting device is getting blunt, and my spare blades have gone walkabout. So the gun turrets are pretty rough.

But... unless eventually the gun turrets give me the pip, as they are they will remain.

The final pic is the tray containing the fleets of Ruberia and Azuria, and the Izumrud-Zeleniya capital ships. Oh, yes, the riverine gunboat - HMS Shoofly, different scale - is also there.

It is tempting to try out a larger scale fleet action between Ruberia and the combined fleets of Turcowaz and Azuria. The forces ...

Ruberia: 

• 6 battleships
• 1 armoured cruiser 
• 1 protected cruiser
• 6 destroyer/ torpedo boats

Azuria/Turcowaz

• 7 battleships
• 1 protected cruiser
• 8 destroyer/ torpedo boats

The slight numerical imbalance would probably be redressed by the more powerful units of the Ruberian 2nd Battle Squadron. This, of course, is purely conjectural. One never knows: perhaps some such battle will happen during the Little Great War...