Assuming construction had progressed as planned it would be possible to have the Impero completed in late 1942, possibly as late as early 1943. She does not differ much from the Roma. I've removed the director gallery between funnels 1 and 2 to add better arcs of fire for the AA guns. Impero also ha...
I found this little snippet of info for you: "Torpedo boats were also painted in dark green for most of the war, particularly smaller types. But this appears to be a darker, almost black shade. From 1916 onward, destroyers were painted in the same grey as capital ships and new construction torpedo b...
This one has gone under my radar for far too long. I've finally remembered, and drawn the 1923 refit. Work done is the removal of the fore pole mast and its replacemant of a tripod foremast and heightened fore funnels. Also included are four 76mm AA guns on turret roofs of turrets A and D. She is al...
Since my AU has become a treasure trove of nver built and otherwise proposed ships I've decided to finish some and post them here. This topic, if you've read the headline is for the Imperial Russian Navy. WW1 shafted a lot of navies really hard. Few as hard as the Russian navy, doubly more so the fo...
The Littorio ranks as some of the better of the modern fast battleships, and the designer; the Ansaldo company was famous for advertising its design to other navies. Designs such as large cruisers for Spain, the Littorio and its successor design; the UP 41 to the Soviet Union. Ansaldo also advertise...
I've redone the Romas camo: Roma as she appeared in early 1942: https://i.imgur.com/vQG7Tfb.png Roma as she appeared in late 1942: https://i.imgur.com/pUfU7Hf.png Roma as she appeared in 1943: https://i.imgur.com/8cnmaKI.png And I've done the two ships as they appeared in internment in 1944. Italia ...
The double fish bone as shown in 41 is green. Might not look like it, but it is. The light grey color does have a smudge of blue in it. What does the 44 camos look like, a block ala KGV and Richelieu? You are right about the Roma being mirrored, as I did not find a good source that would allow me to...