Well, it had to happen! We have been long in moving in with technology (what’s wrong with scale modelling the old-fashioned way??) but we are please to announce the release of our very first Computer-Aided Design and 3D-Printed set, the latest item in our 1/35 RetroTracks range with a handful of 47mm ammo boxes meant for our 1/35 Belgian T.13 and Quat’Sept kits.
It could have been done earlier but it took a while to obtain quality prints that we were happy with. In fact, we are very pleased with those ammo boxes and albeit a ‘small step’, it is a step in the ‘right’ direction and a technology we will keep using in the future though, it must be said, we are not expecting to give up the old-fashioned way of designing patterns just yet!
This first step will soon be followed by a far more elaborate effort which will also be a departure from the past as we are expecting the release of our very first complete AFV Chibi kit – and not based on any existing plastic kit -over the next few weeks, a very cute little Kubelwagen. The kit was CA-designed but will be cast in ‘normal’ resin, the old-fashioned way, because of technological (and also financial) constraints.
In the meantime, we are continuing to re-release a number of sets that have been ‘out of production’ for a while and are also expecting 5 new kits to reach the catalogue over the following few weeks.
That’s all the news for now, Folks. Keep on scale modelling and stay safe!