We are off to Saumur for the annual scale model show. We will not be trading there, just visiting and taking lots of pictures and measurements for a future 1/72 RetroTracks release. Some of our latest WWT conversions will be displayed on the Jemeppe Modelism club stand, so if you are in Saumur this week end, feel free to drop by and have a chat!
Yet another Bananaaa! just joined the RetroSF catalogue.. Che Bananaaa! is the 100th Bananaaa! we have released. Who could have thought we’d ever sculpt so many??! And the list is far from being finished..! We are still designing new ones and some more have or are being cast in view of the 50th anniversaty of Star Wars next year…
Also on the workbench are additional resin sets for the Airfix 1/72 Short Skyvan and Britten Norman Islander, while we are researching for future sets aimed at the 1/144 Airfix SR.N4 Hovercraft that has just been re-released..
In 1/144, we are finalising the E-2D and P-51A conversion kits, while the Saeqeh-80 and Jaguar Marine conversion kits are starting being designed.
OK, much to get ready before our long week end in France. Better get started!
The first new releases of May 2026 are out: a small set to correct (or add to) the 1/144 Revell A320 family members and a new Bananaaa! taking us back to the medieval times. We have a number of other Bananaaas! in the works, one of which should be released later this month. A more modern subject this time! A number of Bananaaas! making light of a certain franchise that will soon be celebrating 50 years of existence is also in preparation..
Back in production is the 1/144 cockpit for the Mark 1 Wessex series of kits. It’s been absent from the catalogue for some time now, let’s hope all those who asked for it waited long enough to build their kits.. LOL
We are soon off to Saumur, France, for the international scale modelling show being held there. We will not be there to trade, but to take pictures, for a future 1/72 RetroTracks item…
Until the next update, keep on scale lodelling, Folks!
Our new FB page is up and running. Lots of information and pictures lost on the old one, real pity but one learns from one’s mistakes! Please find us here: Facebook
And share the location of our new page widely!
The show season is on now, we will be in Huy, Belgium, very soon, and then off to Saumur for research purposes (no trading in Saumur). Our next show is not until early September in France, then another one in Belgium early October, then probably one in the Netherlands in November to conclude the year. But things can still change…
The FB bots have struck us down from their domain for allegedly not meeting their community standards.. While we regroup and study alternatives, this page will become our main ‘news outlet’. This is a setback, yes, not the first one we have experienced over the past 21 years, but there are benefits of not being tied to FB, ‘extra time to design new patters’ being one of them!
Our latest 1/72 aircraft set is now out, it is a cockpit for the old Airfix Short Skyvan. This Airfix kit dates back to, in our opinion, the best days of the original Airfix company and this Short Skyvan is not the last of their kit we plan to ‘deal with’ in the future. Their Brtitten Norman Islander should be our next project. But we have other kits and other brands in our sights for this growing 1/72 range that will mainly deal with civilian and light aviation. One of those is the recently released KP SAAB Safir: we are adapting the set we created for the Heller kit for this newer kit. If you have any ideas or suggestions for this 1/72 RetroWings range, feel free to let us know!
Speaking of new releases, our latest World War Toons conversion, the Flakpanzer IV Ostwind, is out too! You will obviously need the Meng Pz IV kit to obtain your Ostwind; the turret is made of two parts joining in the middle and the weapon inside consists of 9 more resin parts, a good base for adding extra details if you so wish. We have two conversions ready for the WWT Chaffee kit ready to be cast, while we are designing a couple of Marder III conversions for the Pz38(t). Those should take us to the end of 2026 already.
In the works, a new bunch of Bananaaas! that will be released over the next twelve months, up until a certain special date early May 2027.. The patterns of some of those were already on show in Lingen, Germany about a month ago, and they attracted a lot of attention. Plans are being made to release a new 1/72 AFV kit too… More on that later!
Speaking of shows, we have two coming up quickly now, both in Belgium, first in Seraing near Liège, a show organised by Jemeppe Modelism, and a week later that of Amay Modeles Club in Huy, a little bit further from Liège.
This is it for now, Folks. Pass on the message regarding good ‘ole FB, we are not dead, just investigating new ways to get our messages out there. Until then, keep on scale modelling!
As promised before the Euro Model Expo, the 1/72 Short Skyvan cockpit detail set, aimed at the old Airfix kit, is now available from our website, as are two new chibi cockpit detail sets, for the Freedom F-16B/D and Tiger P-51(D) kits. Our next releases will include a 1/72 conversion kit for the Vientanese A-4 Skyhawk featuring in a famed Buck Danny graphic novel; this set will include resin parts and decals. Also being cast is the Flakpanzer IV Ostwind conversion kit for the Meng World War Toons Pz IV kit. A lot of 1/144 stuff and more Bananaaas! are in the making for later in the year.
Our next show will be in Seraing, Belgium, in early May 2026, and is being organised by Jemeppe Modelism, whose members are already hard at work for their 50th anniversary show that will take place in May 2027, a show we should also be part of. As has become usual, we will only bring with us the latest and brand new releases at those shows, so please be in touch if you need anything older brought to you.
One of the highlights of the scale modelling show season is upon us! The Euro Model Expo is being held again in Lingen, Germany, on the 28th and 29th of March, and as usual, RetrokiT will be there.
As is customary too, our trade stand will mostly consist of brand new and recent items, including three ‘still warm from the caster’s’ items that have not yet hit the webite, namely the cockpit detail sets for the chibi P-51D (Tiger Model), for the chibi F-16B/D (Freedom) and for the old 1/72 Airfix Short Skyvan.
For anything older, make sure to drop us a line to make sure we bring those items with us for you!
Euro Model Expo is one of the largest scale modelling show organised in Europe, it is a great opportunity to make new friends, meet old ones, melt the credit card. The venue is quite nice, modern, well lit and easily accessible. We look forward to enjoying a bit of German junk food at lunch, and a lovely ice cream a biyt later in the day.
If you want to enter the (free) competition, better hurry as online registration coses on the 25th of this month, and there is no way to enter models on the day.
Here is our latest World War Toons conversion kit, the mighty FCM2C, to be built upon the Meng World War Toons Char B1bis. a long time in the making, we finally tool the plunge and we are glad we did because it does look good and still cute!
Our next releases will take us back to 1/144 aviation with some German WWII items and to Chibi aviation with more cockpit detail sets for some existing Freedom and Tiger Model kits. We should also see our latest 1/72 cockpit detail set come in shortly after that, for the old, but still very decent, Airfix Short Skyvan.
Our show schedule for 2026 is taking shape too, just visit our show page for more info.
Until the next update, keep on scale modelling, Folks!
2025 slowly comes to an end.. It has been an interesting year, full of surprises (not all good ones, unfortunately) and as far as RetrokiT is concerned, another busy one with so far 53 new releases. Admitedly, a handful of those were re-releases, but that had not been available for several years. December should bring in our 54th and latest release, a brand new one too, our long-awaited 1/144 AT-AT Cargo Bay Detail Set. We talked about it back in 2021 already and if most of the design work had been done by the end of that year, we could not find the will, the interest, the enthusiasm to complete it there and then..
It is true that with the 50th anniversary of Star Wars coming up in 2027, our interest in the original trilogy is growing back. Do not expect us to broaden our horizon too much, we will remain focussed on the pre-Disney era. Expect some new releases, and probably a handful of re-releases too.
In the meantime, our1/72, 1/100 and 1/144 aircraft are also expected to grow, as will our AFV Chibi range. And there should be a few extra surprises too along the way.
We want to remind our US customers that we are still able to ship SOME items to them, and would advise them to drop us their wish list(s) via e-mail BEFORE ordering online, so that we can ascertain that we can supply them with all they want.
Until the next update, be safe, Folks, and keep scale modelling!
October 2025 brings in two big shows for us; we will first be in Herve, Belgium, for Modeling Mania on the 4th and 5th and then at Scale Model Challenge in Veldhoven, The Netherlands, on the 18th and 19th.
Those are two very different shows and our offer will be rather different at both shows but will mostly include our latest and most recent releases. Therefore, if you are planning to visit us at those shows, we urge you to contact us by mail in order that we can ensure we bring up the items you are looking for, particularly if those include older releases.
Modeling Mania is one of the largest static scale model show currently being organised in Belgium, in one of the corners of the country, near the Dutch and German borders. The organisers have gathered a very neat selection of traders from several neighbouring countries, along with a large number of club stands. A competition and a make & take stand also feature. The two-day show is expected to bring in a lot of visitors.
Scale Model Challenge need not be introduced. It has become THE show to be seen at, particularly for those enjoying figure painting. The competition promises to be even better than the previous years and the array of traders and club stands is simply staggering.
We sincerely hope to see you, or meet you at one or both of those shows!
In terms of expected new releases for those two shows, we expect our 1/72 Concorde cockpit detail set to be ready, along with a handful of new ‘Bananaaas!’. Those hankering for new 1/144 aircraft sets have been, we hope, satisfied by the numerous new detail and conversion sets we have released so far this year. More are due in soon, before the end of the year. Chibi tanks lovers will soon have more conversion kits to handle too.
