So what are the options?

[Diamondback]

Lawrence, I've been trying to encourage them to supply decals with alternate ship names--or maybe we could have Keith draw some up through Aerodrome Accessories. (Hey, Boss, you reading this?)

[Horatio]

How big will ships names be at this scale?
Will the name be legible?

Lawrence, I've been trying to encourage them to supply decals with alternate ship names--or maybe we could have Keith draw some up through Aerodrome Accessories. (Hey, Boss, you reading this?)

[Beowulf03809]

How big will ships names be at this scale?
Will the name be legible?

TBH, with my eyes and at game-table length distances I'll be happy to know Victory from Juno without my glasses on.

But especially in the case of Third Rate and Frigates we're going to need some obvious ways to identifying them on the table when multiple versions of the same class are in your fleet. If the ships were one-use only then the name could be printed on the base itself, but then we would have to buy even more ships if you want to represent specific engagements. With the Logs and others hopefully printed two-sided we should be able to get extra value from the models but then the question of how to tell them apart comes into play.

I am sorry I haven't had a chance to play Wings of Glory to be more familiar with how this may be handled. My only other experience with a roughly similar system is Star Wars XWing and in that there are cards that are attached to the base that identify the specific pilot (which must be unique) and in the case of generic pilots you can attach a little number tag so if you have two or three on the table you simply know "Red Squadron Three", "Red Squadron Four", etc.

So with Lieutenant KS, for example, I'd have two Third Rate (Bellerophon and Defense) and two Frigates (Juno and Terpsichore). I'm sure I'll snatch up one or two more Frigates and maybe a third 74 from general release as soon as they come out. Already I would need an easy way to identify the two of each class during play. And with flipped cards adding additional flexibility to how these are played from game to game the confusion point can grow higher. I haven't seen any mention so far of how unique ships are labeled on the table.

Any insight someone may already have in this would be greatly appreciated.