CN Collectables were very pleased to announce our ‘Falklands 40’ collection! Update March 23
From November 2021 to January 2023, we released models of almost every Royal Navy and RFA ship that was involved in the Falklands conflict of 1982. We also made Gift Sets.
Most of the gift sets contained one major ship, two smaller escort ships, a submarine, a ‘sea’ and mounting board inside a custom-made box. Each ship is boxed separately in the set to ensure safe passage to you. We were also able to create one off Gift Sets containing your choice of models depending on our stock. All the ships are hand made so in small quantities.
This update is March 2023. Some of our models are now sold out so specific gift sets are no longer available.
The models in this collection include:
| Flagships | Aircraft Carrier | Hermes | Invincible | |||||
| Landing platform dock | Fearless | Intrepid | ||||||
| Escorts | Type 21 Amazon Class Frigate | Active | Antelope | Ardent | Alacrity | Ambuscade | Avenger | Arrow |
| Type 22/1 Frigate | Broadsword | Brilliant | ||||||
| Rothesay Class Frigate | Yarmouth | Plymouth | ||||||
| Leander Class Frigate | Andromeda | Argonaut | Minerva | Penelope | ||||
| County Class Destroyer | Glamorgan | Antrim | ||||||
| Type 42 Destroyer | Coventry | Glasgow | Sheffield | Cardiff | Exeter | |||
| Type 82 Destroyer | Bristol | |||||||
| Submarines | Churchill Class | Conqueror | Courageous | |||||
| Swiftsure Class | Spartan | Superb | ||||||
| O Class | Onyx | |||||||
| Minesweepers | Hull trawlers | Northella | Junella | Pict | Cordella | Farnella | ||
| RFA | Round Table Class | Sir Bedivere | Sir Galahad | Sir Geraint | Sir Percivale | Sir Tristram | ||
| Supply Ship | Fort Austin | Fort Grange | ||||||
| Tankers | Blue Rover | |||||||
| OTHER | Atlantic Conveyor | Atlantic Causeway | HMS Endurance | CS Iris 1982 | CS Iris 1976 |
GIFT SETS
Whilst we have stopped listing Gift sets it may be possible to make one to order. Please email sales@cncollectables.co.uk about this.
Most Gift Sets featured a large ship, two escorts, a submarine, some sea, a box with map label on it and an A4 piece of artwork.
Gift Set 1 features HMS Fearless as the lead ship, plus HMS Glamorgan, HMS Ardent and HMS Superb.
Gift set 2 features HMS Intrepid as the lead ship, plus HMS Antrim, HMS Antelope and HMS Spartan.
Gift set 3 features HMS Hermes as the lead ship, plus HMS Coventry, HMS Broadsword and a Churchill class submarine.
Gift Set 4 with HMS Hermes as the lead ship, plus HMS Sheffield, HMS Brilliant and a Churchill class submarine.
Gift Set 5 with Invincible, as the lead ship, plus HMS Coventry, HMS Broadsword and a submarine.
Gift Set 6 with Invincible as the lead ship, plus HMS Sheffield, HMS Brilliant and a submarine
Gift Set 7 the set of five Hull Trawlers of the 11th MCM Flotilla.
Gift Set 8 all five Round Table Class RFA ships.
It is possible to specify your own contents with its special label. All the sets are limited to the individual ships available as only small numbers of each ship have been made. Please contact us on sales@cncollectables.co.uk.
Yours in model ships,
Clive and Dave Updated March 3rd 2023.
See you plan to release every RN/RFA vessel involved in the Falklands with 41 + STUFT Iris done so far. That makes 25 to go comprising 5 warship classes (8 ships) and 17 RFAs of 11 classes requiring 9 new masters. The large RFA Tankers and supply ships will be especially welcome – any idea when they might appear?
Hi Derek, yes we have 42 made and 7 to go. The remaining warships are Exeter and Bristol, there’s RFA Fort Austin and Fort Grange, Blue Rover and the two Atlantic Container Ships. Most of the ships were in the back catalogue but have been improved/made in metal or whatever. Resin is a better material these days. We arent making Sir Lancelot as she is unique and therefore would be a completely new model. Brand new ships have been Invincible, Endurance, the Hull trawlers and Iris in its two formats. The Round Tables and Batch 1s are newly mastered too. It has been a huge project. These figures dont quite match yours but are the ones we have announced from the beginning plus Iris, Endruance and the trawlers which were not in our original plans. Is there a demand for any that we arent making? Regards Clive
Difficult to gauge the demand Clive. The missing ships would be 6 RNs of the Castle Class, Hecla Class, HMS Andromeda and 17 RFAs of the Olna class, Tide class, new Leaf class, old Leaf (2 different), Ness class, Regent class, RFA Engadine and of course RFA Sir Lancelot you mentioned. All have been made before although mostly unavailable for ages. I suspect to commission so many new masters would not be a good investment.. Might be worth consulting your dealers.
Best wishes anyway