Posted Mar 30, 2020

Here is the 2020 progress list of new Mountford and XAS from MT Miniatures releases this year. There were thirty new models in 2019 and several were mastered but have yet to emerge. As well as our new releases we will add news of back catalogue models when they have gone into production. A date means that the model has been released. Photo to the right of some of the preproduction submarines being made in March/April.

US Submarine set of 7 boats EXPECTED EARLY APRIL

1 USN Nautilus 4000t 98mm
2 Skate Class 2900t 82m 4 boats
3 Skipjack Class 3600t 77m 6 boats
4 Permit Class 4300t 85m 14 boats
5 Sturgeon class short hull 4700t 89m 28 boats
6 Sturgeon long hull 4700 92m 9 boats

7 USS NAUTILUS Museum boat with viewing platform as is. l

Soviet/Russian set of 7 boats EXPECTED EARLY APRIL

1 Oscar 2 Project 949A Antey class 155m 19400tons 11 boats
2 Yankee Notch type 667 AR/AT 132m 9300tons 3 boats
3 Victor II type 2 103m Syonga class or Salmon 7 boats
4 Victor III 103m 7250tons type 3 103m 7250 tons 25 boats Schuka or Pike class
5 Delta III type 667DR Kalmar or Squid 166m 18200 tons 14 boats
6 Delta IV type 667BDRM Delphin or Delfin 166m 18200 tons 7 boats
7 Yankee 667 132m 9300tons 31 boats

TO COME

MM514 SCARBA Greenock Clyde ferries

MM515 SHUNA

MM516 SEIL

MM517 SOAY

MM533 LEWIS AND CLARK

MM532 HMS Hermes 1977 £49.95

MM536 MAERSK RAPIER

MM534 MANANNAN IOM ferry

RIVER CLASS OFFSHORE PATROL VESSEL

Batch 1

XAS 0 HMS TYNE, 24.95

XAS 0 HMS SEVERN

XAS 0 HMS MERSEY.

Batch 1a

XAS 009 HMS Clyde

Batch 2

XAS 0 HMS FORTH

XAS 0 HMS MEDWAY

XAS0 HMS TRENT

XAS0 HMS TAMAR

XAS0 HMS SPEY

TIDE CLASS

XAS008 RFA TIDERACE 49.95 April

XAS007 RFA TIDESURGE

XAS008 RFA TIDEFORCE

MM539 Type 31 frigate April £29.95

Ulysses Irish Ferry expected May

US Marines Catamaran

Arklow freighter

STEP Sir Bedivere RFA L3004

MV Galatea Trinity House

Pride of Free Enterprise Spirit class ferry

Herald of Free Enterprise Spirit class ferry

Stretched version of the Spirit Class in several liveries

HMS Glasgow type 26 batch one when the real ship is finalised

HMS Cardiff ” ”

HMS Belfast ” ”

Free Enterprise V, P & O Pride of Hythe and 3 other liveries

Arleigh Burke batch 1

Holland class modern frigates

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Mountford Model and XAS model releases in 2019 and 2020 (updated regularly)

By Clive Newman

In Articles, Library

Posted Mar 1, 2020

We are delighted to be able to report on the progress of new Mountford and XAS from MT Miniatures releases this year with many more to come. We thought that this page in the Library would be helpful. A date means that the model has been released. Everything else on the list has been mastered and is at one stage or another in the process of production. Thirty new models in 2019. There will be a steady flow in 2020.

XAS 003 RFA SIR GALAHAD £39.95 FEBRUARY ALMOST SOLD OUT

MM504 VIRGINIA CLASS USN £7.95 APRIL

MM505 SWIFTSURE CLASS RN £4.95 APRIL

MM506 HMS DREADNOUGHT £5.95 APRIL

MM507 VALIANT CLASS £4.95 APRIL

MM508 TRAFALGAR CLASS £4.95 APRIL

MM509 VANGUARD CLASS £7.95 APRIL

MM512 RFA Wave Knight £39.95 MAY SOLD OUT

MM513 RFA Wave Ruler £39.95 MAY

XAS 004 SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH £44.95 JUNE

MM501 SPIRIT OF FREE ENTERPRISE £39.95 JUNE ONE LEFT

MM502 PRIDE OF BRUGES £39.95 JULY

MM503 OLEANDER £39.95 JULY TWO LEFT

ARRIVED OCTOBER 2019: 14 new submarines

MM518 Triomphant Class submarine French Navy. £7.95 SOLD OUT

MM519 HMS Explorer/Excalibur £4.95

MM520 HMS Scotsman Sail prototype £4.95

MM521 Yasen Class submarine Russian Navy £7.95 SOLD OUT

MM522 Barracuda class submarine French navy £6.95 ALMOST SOLD OUT

MM523 T class submarine Royal Navy £4.95

MM524 A class Royal Navy £5.95

MM525 Virginia Class full hull with built in stand £9.95 SOLD OUT

MM526 Lada / St. Petersburg Class Russian Navy £5.95

MM527 Rubis class French Navy £5.95

MM528 Redoubtable class French Navy £7.95

MM529 HMS ALLIANCE (Full hull) Gosport Museum Boat with built in stand £8.95

MM530 Dolphin class Israeli Navy £4.95 LOW STOCK

MM 531 Super Dolphin Israeli Navy £5.95 LOW STOCK

MM510 Prince of Wales £74.95 LOW STOCK

MM511 Queen Elizabeth £74,95 LOW STOCK

XAS 005 RFA Tidespring £49.95 JANUARY 2020

TO COME

MM514 SCARBA

MM515 SHUNA

MM516 SEIL

MM517 SOAY

MM533 LEWIS AND CLARK

MM532 HMS Hermes 1977 £49.95

MM536 MAERSK RAPIER

MM534 MANANNAN IOM ferry

RIVER CLASS OFFSHORE PATROL VESSEL in the paintshop.

Batch 1

XAS 0 HMS TYNE, 24.95

XAS 0 HMS SEVERN

XAS 0 HMS MERSEY.

Batch 1a

XAS 009 HMS Clyde 24.95

Batch 2

XAS 0 HMS FORTH 24.95

XAS 0 HMS MEDWAY

XAS0 HMS TRENT

XAS0 HMS TAMAR

XAS0 HMS SPEY

TIDE CLASS

XAS006 RFA TIDERACE 49.95

XAS007 RFA TIDESURGE

XAS008 RFA TIDEFORCE

2020 RELEASES

Type 31 frigate expected March

Ulysses Irish Ferry

US Marines Catamaran

Arklow freighter

STEP Sir Bedevere RFA

MV Galatea Trinity House

Pride of Free Enterprise Spirit class ferry

Herald of Free Enterprise Spirit class ferry

Stretched version of the Spirit Class in several liveries

US Submarine set of 6 boats

1 USN Nautilus 4000t 98mm Museum boat with viewing platform as is. expected end of March/April
2 Skate Class 2900t 82m 4 boats
3 Skipjack Class 3600t 77m 6 boats
4 Permit Class 4300t 85m 14 boats
5 Sturgeon class short hull 4700t 89m 28 boats
6 Sturgeon long hull 4700 92m 9 boats

Soviet/Russian set of 7 boats

HMS Glasgow type 26 batch one when the real ship is finalised

HMS Cardiff ” ”

HMS Belfast ” ”

Free Enterprise V, P & O Pride of Hythe and 3 other liveries

Arleigh Burke batch 1

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Devonport Dockyard Model announcement

By Clive Newman

In Articles, Library

Posted Feb 21, 2020

We are delighted to announce that we are releasing a scale model of HM Dockyard, Devonport. This is the first CN Collectables Dockside Model and will include the basins, sheds, roads, cranes and an A3 water board on which to make it. We have seen the master and it is going into production. Release date is expected to be mid year and we are making 25 sets at a retail price of £188 signed for UK posted. It is technically known as basin 2 and is where the frigates have been maintained and repaired.

We also plan a follow up to this being the submarine docks next door. We will be taking advance orders with a small deposit for release in May.

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Mountford Missive 6, Autumn 2019

By Clive Newman

In Newsletters

Posted Nov 11, 2019

MOUNTFORD MODELS MISSIVE

EPISODE 6 Autumn 2019

Greetings. We hope that your summertime has been enjoyable and, as the nights in the Northern Hemisphere get longer, the thirst for some new ships gets deeper.

September will see 14 brand new submarine models as listed in our website library. We have had more stock of the Akula and Resolution class submarines. We have sold out of most of the 2019 RN submarine models and anything that is out of stock has been reordered.

The Queen Elizabeth and Prince of Wales carriers are in the paintshop. Underway are the full set of River class ships in metal. Again please see the website list of models and because we have decided to make each individual ship the numbers of each will be small i.e. no more than 20.

Pre-orders will be prioritised obviously and again after this first run no doubt there will be a second casting and production run but not until 2020. After the Rivers come some Tides. These have been remastered in metal this year and each of the four ships will be produced.

The Greenock ferries on the list are cast and will be painted this month. We thought to sell them in pairs as when you see one Clyde ferry you are bound to see the other one in service.

We have a new addition to our 2019 list, namely the in-current-service Mannoman fast ferry to and from the Isle of Man. It seemed logical to have this to go alongside Ben-My-Chree.

It is less than a year since CN Collectables and MT Miniatures got together to plan and develop the range. Production is taking longer than we anticipated but one aspect that has been right on schedule is the mastering of new models. On top of that is the fact that we have added 20 new submarines to the original list and one ferry.

The next stage is to finalise the 2020 plan for new models and we will try and incorporate as many of your ideas as can. There are also a number of variations to include, and the continuation of the Spirit class ferries including the extended versions. We are still short of skilled painters.

Yours in model ships.

Clive, Dave and Matt. September 2019

NB please address all communications through clyvzemail@btinternet.com

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November 2019 Newsletter

By Clive Newman

In Newsletters

Posted Nov 4, 2019

Greetings shipmates! It’s been a while since our last newsletter (June) so here’s a quick update of where we are.

In response to customer requests, and to fill gaps in naval history, we have had a lot of new submarines made in 2019 by Mountford Models. In September, fourteen new models arrived making a total of twenty this year. The delivery included further stock of the first six boats made.

The list of all twenty is below; The Mountford range now covers every post-war Royal Navy submarine. In addition, the museum submarine at Gosport, HMS Alliance, is presented as a full-hull boat on a stand.

We have also had a small number of all-metal re-tooled models of RFA 136 Tidespring. Latest Mountford-specific newsletter – MISSIVE #5 – is online.

Whilst all the proposed new Mountford Models have been mastered, production has been slower than we had anticipated. We hope that the two QE carriers and some River Class ships will arrive before the end of the year. Many have been painted and only need their decals applied.

On the Triang front there is a steady stream of used models being listed and sold alongside the remains of new stock we have. Several new ships have sold out during the year. If and when we find the odd one, it will be listed on the website.

Do check our web library where we store all sorts of information including models in production and those planned for 2020.

Our 2020 programme from Mountford includes the Type 31 (already mastered), the Irish Ferry Ulysses, the Type 26 Batch 1 HMS Glasgow, some Arklow freighters, a set of earlier US nuclear submarines and a set of earlier Soviet subs. Mannaman the Isle of Man fast cat ferry is also in production.

We plan to make F35s, Harriers and other major carrier aircraft in unpainted form as soon as we can.

That’s all for now,

Yours in model ships,

Clive and Dave.

P.S. Of course, if you do not wish to receive future newsletters and information, then do let us know and the mailing list will be amended.

Mountford new submarines list 2019
Mountford new submarines list 2019
Vessel	Navy	Mountford	Cost (£)	Notes
Vessel	Navy	Code	Cost (£)	Notes
Virginia	US Navy	504	7.95
Swiftsure	Royal Navy	505	4.95
HMS Dreadnought	Royal Navy	506	5.95
Valiant	Royal Navy	507	4.95
Trafalgar	Royal Navy	508	4.95
Vanguard	Royal Navy	509	7.95
Triomphant	French	518	7.95	Limited stock
HMS Explorer/Excalibur	Royal Navy	519	4.95
HMS Scotsman	Royal Navy	520	4.95
Yasen Class	Russian	521	7.95
Barracuda/Suffren	French	522	6.95
T class	Royal Navy	523	4.95
A class	Royal Navy	524	5.95
Virginia FULL HULL on stand	US Navy	525	9.95	Limited stock
Lada/St Petersburg class	Russian	526	5.95
Rubis Class	French	527	5.95
Redoubtable Class	French	528	7.95
HMS Alliance Full Hull in stand	Royal Navy	529	8.95
Dolphin class	Israeli	530	4.95
Super Dolphin	Israeli	531	5.95

Available from https://www.cncollectables.co.uk/

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June 2019 Newsletter

By Clive Newman

In Newsletters

Posted Nov 4, 2019

Hello and here’s our second newsletter of 2019.

It’s all about Mountford models really with six new submarine models released in April; There’s the Virginia Class of the US Navy (17 boats) and the Vanguard and Trafalgar class of the Royal Navy. (4+3 boats with 4 retired.)

Then there are HMS Dreadnought (the first British nuclear submarine), the Valiant class (2 boats) and the Swiftsure class (8). Prices are between £4.95 and £7.95.

Any day now the Polar Research vessel Sir David Attenborough or Boaty McBoat Face will be released, and this is £44.95, made of metal and with various cranes and transfer detail including a Heli deck.

At about the same time will be several versions of the Cross-Channel Spirit Class Ferry of the 80’s. The first is MM501 “The Spirit of Free Enterprise” in Townsend Thoresen livery (1980-87). Secondly is “the Pride of Bruges” in P & O livery MM502 and then “Oleander” in Trans Euro Ferries livery MM503. They are all priced at £39.95 each.

Since the last letter in February we have had stock of HMS Scott, Astute Submarines, the Bay Class RFA vessels, some enhanced RFA Waves, type 23 frigates and the Royal Yacht Britannia. Also, some Provisioning Docksides and Refinery dockside models.

On the Triang front there is a steady stream of used models being listed and sold. Condition varies from mint to tatty. There are some good boxed ones to list in June and many more used accessories to add to the site.

At last we have started listing some of the strange faulty new ships. We have some type 45 destroyers which despite being in their boxes and the boxes in other boxes of 12 and those boxes in boxes of 72 they have paint faults, deterioration towards the stern. It’s all in the same place and we think that it was due to getting damp.

Another strange thing that has appeared is with some of the Bulker ships which have developed a slight fault in their hull. The model of the hull is very slightly raised in the middle which is often only noticeable when taken out of the box. We think that there may have been some error in the mixture of metal when cast but really haven’t a clue. They still look good in a harbour setting but any that are faulty are at a reduced price on our website and on eBay. We need to look at our remaining tankers too because some have developed a rising curve at the ends.

Our Web prices will often be lower than our eBay prices, simply because eBay and PayPal charge us about 20% of the overall total including the postage. Of course, eBay is a window to the world but it is a greedy window and so is PayPal.

The next new models from Mountford will be the Prince of Wales which is due to be named this summer; and then some River Class patrol boats in metal. (3 designs). There are Greenock Ferries to be released sometime this summer and no end of ships have been mastered and are in the queue for production.

There are another bunch of submarines commissioned for release later in the year including several RN subs, 3 French, 2 Russian, 2 Israeli and full hull versions of the HMS Alliance museum boat and the Virginia Class.

It’s all very exciting on the new models front with the best part of 40 new Mountford releases including livery variations this year. However, our range of Triang used models aims to cover everything they have made. We also stock a few items such as RN decals but want to be able to offer a wider range. Then there are some music CDs to add and another clutch of heritage railway and bus magazines. Maybe we will get around to sorting our model railways too.

Do check our web library where we store all sorts of information including models in production and those planned for 2019. It is regularly updated and increased.

That’s all for now

Yours in model ships

Clive and Dave

June 2019

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Sold Out series 3 modern Triang Minic Items

By Clive Newman

In Articles

Posted Sep 13, 2019

At long last here is the start of the Sold Out list of Triang Minic Series 3 items.

P612 Cargo Ship in Maersk Livery

P614 in P & O Corn livery

P615 in Blue Star livery

P624 Container ship in Maersk Livery

P625 in Hamburg Sud livery

P626 in China Shipping

P627 in CMA livery

P800-68 Nimitz class w planes USS Nimitz

P800-69 as Dwight Eisenhower

P800-73 as George Washington

P800-76 as Ronald Reagan

P730 F237 HMS Westminster type 23.

P730-236 HMS Montrose

P730-235 HMS Monmouth

P730-234 HMS Iron Duke

P700-05 HMS Invincible

P700-06 HMS Illustrious

P700-07 HMS Ark Royal

M83 Customs Sheds

M840 Warehouses

HMS Exeter Type 42 destroyer D89

HMS Nottingham D91

HMS Glasgow D88

updated in September 2019

NB the occasional ship does emerge from a box or a recess and then of course we list it on this site.

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Douglas Harbour, Isle of Man

By Clive Newman

In Articles, Photographs

Posted Jun 24, 2019

Here are some customer photos of Douglas Harbour in the Isle of Man.

Many thanks to Tim Smith for sharing his beautiful creation.

He says that there has been an expansion to the Harbour from todays google earth pictures, it can handle a few more boats!

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Mountford Missive 5. June 2019

By Clive Newman

In Articles, Library, Newsletters

Posted Jun 24, 2019

MOUNTFORD MODELS MISSIVE

EPISODE 5 June 2019

Two new models have arrived and two more will be delivered this month; so, it is time for another missive. In stock they are;

MM501 the first of the Spirit Class Cross Channel Ferries the Spirit of Free Enterprise in Townsend Thoresen livery at £39.95

and XAS 004 Sir David Attenborough at £44.95 aka Boaty McBoatface. There are plenty of photos on the website and in our eBay shop.

Both new models are made of metal.

Painted and soon to be delivered this month are

MM502 The Pride of Bruges in P & O livery at £39.95

MM503 Oleander in Trans Europa Ferries at £39.95

Now being painted are the Prince of Wales and Queen Elizabeth at £74.95
Back-catalogue items to have arrived are the Provisioning Dock and the Refinery which both retail at about £15. Also, just 3 Ben My Chrees at £24.95.
The Royal Navy River Class ships in three versions have been cast and will be finished later in the year and individually pennanted.
The Tide class tankers have been mastered and Lewis and Clark Class is about to be.
Back catalogue items on order include Fort George and Fort Victoria, HMS Victorious, USS Gerald Ford CVN 79, the three Russian submarines, Oberon Class subs and the Upholder class with gun. Also, the Brittany, Condor and IOM Ferries.

So items in stock are shown on the website and if you wish to advance order any other item, then we can add you to the list but will not ask you for money until we know exactly when the ships will be ready and the exact price.

Yours in model ships.

Clive, Dave and Matt. June 2019

NB please address all communications through clyvzemail@btinternet.com

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Mountford Missive 4. Late April 2019

By Clive Newman

In Articles, Library, Newsletters

Posted May 14, 2019

MOUNTFORD MODELS MISSIVE

EPISODE 4 – late APRIL 2019

This week we have received SIX new submarine models in metal which are now listed on the website and on eBay. They are:

Virginia Class of USN submarine at £7.95 (ref MM504)

Swiftsure Class of RN submarine at £4.95 (ref MM505)

HMS Dreadnought RN submarine at £5.95 (ref MM506)

Valiant Class of RN submarine at £4.95 (ref MM507)

Trafalgar Class of RN submarine at £4.95 (ref MM508)

Vanguard Class of RN submarine at £7.95 (ref MM509)

In March the first new release of the year docked. She is RFA Sir Galahad in metal as in 1986. The price is £39.95, and its catalogue number is XAS 003. Nearly sold out.

Some back-catalogue items have also arrived such as the RFA Bay Class and HMS Scott, some dry docks and various versions of the USN Ohio Class submarine. Then there were some Type 23 frigates and a small number of the improved Wave Class tankers. Three versions of the Astute and Ohio submarines are back in stock.

In production at the painting stage now are Sir David Attenborough (XAS 004) and the first of three Spirit Class Cross Channel Ferries. They are Spirit of Free Enterprise in Townsend Thoresen livery, The Pride of Bruges in P & O, and Oleander in Trans Europa Ferries. They are in metal and during the year there will be ships in all the liveries carried in their service lives. The lengthened version of the Spirit of Free Enterprise will also be made in 3 liveries.

Now going to casting are the Royal Navy River Class ships in three versions which will be individually pennanted.

The recent releases which will be remade when stocks are low are HMS Ocean, RFA Argus, HMS Centaur, three Brittany Ferries, the Condor and the Isle of Man ferries. Those that are in stock are always shown on the website. Because every model is handmade the process is not quick and quantities are always limited.

Back catalogue items on order include Fort George and Fort Victoria, HMS Victorious, USS Gerald Ford CVN 79, the three Russian submarines, Oberon Class subs and the Upholder class with gun. These are in addition to the recent releases list.

A new addition to our release programme for 2019 is the Prince of Wales Carrier.

Should you wish to advance order any item, then we can add you to the list but will not ask you for money until we know exactly when the ships will be ready and the exact price.

Yours in model ships.

Clive, Dave and Matt. April 2019

NB please address all communications through clyvzemail@btinternet.com

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