Remembering Admiral Howe’s battle in 1794 against the French fleet of Admiral Villaret-Joyeuse.

June 3rd 2016, the amazingly talented and witty musician Dave Swarbrick has died after a great battle. Thanks for the music and knowledge Dave who I have known and admired all my adult life. Thanks to the QE Hospital for

CN Collectables Newsletter –  June 2016 Dear all, Yes it’s been a few months since my last newsletter but as you know I don’t believe in just saying nothing for the sake of it. However, there’s exciting news at last!

Do please ‘like’ my facebook page by clicking the link below: Triang Minic from CNCollectables for occasional musings and greetings from the world of Facebook! Updates to the website will be linked from there too…

NEWSLETTER July 2016. Dear all, Just a quick newsletter as update. The new website is up and running and many thanks to those pioneers who have visited and those who have placed orders. Most of the Triang Minic range is

Why 1:1200 Scale While there have long been scale models of ships the adoption of a standard scale appears to date from the early 1900’s when Mr Fred T Jane, publisher of the well known reference Jane’s Fighting Ships, developed

NEWSLETTER October 2016. Dear all, The autumn mists have arrived and the “long balmy summer days are over” and here is a brief newsletter. We don’t send these out every month, as regular readers will know, but are trying to send

Triang Minic New releases differences from Limited edition. In 2002/03 the original series of Limited Edition Triang Minic Ships were produced in small quantities, about 500, with a certificate for the complete set. They were released in stages and sent

CN Collectables Newsletter –  June 2016 Dear all, Yes it’s been a few months since my last newsletter but as you know I don’t believe in just saying nothing for the sake of it. However, there’s exciting news at last!

NEWSLETTER July 2016. Dear all, Just a quick newsletter as update. The new website is up and running and many thanks to those pioneers who have visited and those who have placed orders. Most of the Triang Minic range is

NEWSLETTER October 2016. Dear all, The autumn mists have arrived and the “long balmy summer days are over” and here is a brief newsletter. We don’t send these out every month, as regular readers will know, but are trying to send

Dear all, Good wishes for 2017 and beyond! We hope that your ships are weathering the season well, and that any winter aches and pains have not been too inconvenient to you. We have always bought new Triang Minic Ships

JULY NEWSLETTER     CN Collectables I think that the older you get the faster time flies and here we are in July 2017. Our last newsletter was at the end of February so although I have very little to say here

www.cncollectables.co.uk CN Collectables Autumn 2017 Newsletter Hello folks, I hope that you enjoyed the summer months and already we are well into the autumn. So it’s time to get in touch again especially as I have some real news to

Dear people, Firstly many thanks for your interest and enthusiasm in 2017 and let’s hope some good things are attached to 2018. We have been busy as ever this year and are glad to say that the website is developing

Wishing you a belated Happy New Year at a time when it is cold and dark or wet and dark. We have been busy people as usual, and I recently spent a few days in Glasgow for the Celtic Connections

Dear folks, We hope that you enjoyed some holidays recently despite the funny weather. As promised when we have some news we send a newsletter, and here’s a jam-packed one! We have recently listed over thirty new Mountford items, many

MOUNTFORD MODELS MISSIVE EPISODE 2 NOVEMBER 2018 Dear model ship enthusiast we are pleased to announce some new releases due before the end of the year and the programme of new models for 2019. In current production at one stage

All our library photos will appear here………

Ondrej purchased and then mounted a model of HMS Defender (Type 45 Destroyer no D36) and sent us these pictures of the ship and a proud moment in Portsmouth!

Before and after photos of 1st series Triang pier items.

Paul Brees has kindly sent me some photos of the Type 21 frigates he has created from Type 22 batch 3s.

An example of what you can get up to from Chris.

Some photos of real ships, courtesy of Trevor Tremethick. Thank you! USS New Jersey shown at Camden, NJ.   USS Wisconsin at Norfolk, VA. # SS United States, Pier 82, Philadelphia.