May 2021
A brief History of Triang Minic Ships
Triang was a huge worldwide company which made all sorts of toys and introduced the Minic ships range in 1958. Models were based on Portsmouth Royal Navy and Southampton Passenger ports. The range ran until 1964 when there was a fire in the Belfast factory where the ships were made along with the Spot On Cars [...]
April 2021
Respect for the crew of the KRI Nanggala of Indonesia
Respect for the crew of the KRI Nanggala of the Indonesian Navy. She disappeared after requesting permission to dive during a torpedo drill. Remains have been found on the sea bed by an underwater rescue craft and the submarine is in pieces. All 53 crew are lost. The Nanggala is a German-built Type 209-class submarine. Widely built [...]
Catalogue of Helicopters in white metal 1200/50 scale
Here is our current list of helicopters as of April 2022. Usually sold in 10s, 5s or 3s. We have now made just about every version of the long serving Sea Kings and you may see a painted example in some of the listings which is an illustration of livery. Feedback and suggestions for further models [...]
Tribute to a brave and resourceful naval officer.
The Duke of Edinburgh was an 18-month-old exile when he had his first brush with the Royal Navy. In 1922, he was carried on board a British warship in a makeshift cot fashioned from an orange crate, after the Greek military government had banished his family. He took the usual path of an aspiring naval officer [...]
Photos of new Stealth ships and Spirit Class Ferries
Here are some photos of the new releases on their way. Spirit Class Ferries due April 7th three Townsend Thoresen, two P&O and one P&O Stena. Four metal USNavy Stealth Ships, retooled and now in metal due April.
March 2021
February 2021 Newsletter
February 2021 newsletter from CN Collectables Hello! Here is our first newsletter of 2021, starting with news of what has now arrived and what is in production now for delivery by the end of March. First to arrive have been five 35000-ton oil tankers in metal. Also new production of Hermes in 1966 and 1981 versions [...]
Why 1200 scale for Triang model ships?
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 book Jane's Fighting Ships, developed a set of waterline models for use in a war game he had created. While [...]
February 2021
New model 1250 ships and and re-releases in 2020 moving into 2021 (updated regularly)
We need to update this list for 2021 and produce a new one. In 2020 we made 14 new submarines, 2 dockyard kits and 25 new ships including the livery variations. We also released 13of the delayed 2019 models to go with the thirty new models released in 2019. We also produced 19 new aircraft designs [...]