As is usual this time of the year, we are taking a small break from touring the model shows, while re-building stock and preparing for the new releases expected for the second half of the year. No time to slouch though, we are busy designing new patterns, with a particular emphasis on the 1/144 aircraft and Egg Plane ranges, if only to try to keep up with the numerous releases of the past months..! Nevertheless, we expect to have new items in almost all RetrokiT ranges (except maybe the 1/32 and 1/200 aircraft ranges), lots of new items in fact, before we start hitting the Big Shows of October and November. We are also about to start not one but two new ranges, Risqué, and a 1/72 aircraft detail range, though we still unsure whether we will add to the Astir CS-77 cockpit detail set once it is released… This was a little ‘exercise’ to content a few friends, and we will see how this goes before going ‘nuclear’ on this scale!

So, see you in Mons, Belgium, towards the end of August and in the meantime, enjoy the summer and keep scale modelling, Folks!

We are pleased to release today on our website the latest World War Toons conversion kit, the (late) Jagdpanther.  It was released at the Euro Model Expo in Lingen, Germany, on the 30th of March and it was really nice seeing the buzz created by this new kit and the rest of the RetroTracks WWT range.  Its (still surprising!) success gives us the will to keep extending the range, and let’s face it, given the kits released by Meng so far, we could still be ‘at it’ in about two centuries!

The release of the 1/144 detail sets for the Bandai X-Wing is being postponed a little as we await the arrival of the vac canopies, possibly later this week.  Our Facebook page has been updated with some titillating pics of forthcoming 1/144 aircraft bits, do visit it for more info!!

In the meantime, keep scale modelling, Folks!

While we release three new Bananaaas! (and two long-awaited 1/144 aircraft detail/conversion sets!), we have taken the decision to streamline our catalogue.  Space in our storage area, and at some shows too, is at a premium, and in order to have new items, sadly, some older items must go.  We are not saying those items we selected for the sales will never be put back into production, but this will not be our priority, unless motivated by external stimuli, like the release of a film or something like that that would, commercially, make sense.  So, while you can, grab them!

The WWT Jagdpanter conversion kit is due out at the end of March along with the first two of four detail sets designed to enhance the already super-cute 1/144 Bandai X-Wing fighter kit.  More SW stuff will follow..

In the meantime, Happy Scale Modelling, Folks!

It is very unfortunate that a family matter has us pulling out of Go Modelling, the IPMS Austria national convention show, so our next appearance at a show will be in Hornchurch, in the UK, for the Southern Expo.  As things stand at the moment, this may well be our last show in the UK for a long while, though we are poised to add a few dates this year were things to move in a more ‘positive’ way (for us) in terms of Brexit.  Time will tell, it is just a shame politicians are taking so long to come up with a decision that will affect so many, and as things go, with so little time to make adjustments.  But there you go…

The Southern Expo should see us release a few new items, 1/144 aircraft bits and some new Bananaaas! in particular.  The last batch of releases, late January, included our three new 1/72 AFV kits, and it took us and the casters a bit longer than we thought to get all kits produced and shipped.  So, apologies to all those who had to wait or are still waiting (the last kits were only shipped yesterday) to get their hands on those new kits.  We have learned that releasing three new pretty complicated kits in one go is maybe not the best way to go!  And, indeed, our next ‘batch’ of 1/72 AFV kits will only consists of a single vehicle..!  This will be the Autocar U-8144-T, due out around mid-June 2019.  This kit can be pre-ordered at a special price right now.

Anyway, we must stop rambling now and get back to work!  There are after all only 19 patterns awaiting casting right now and our heads are still full of ideas and projects!!!

Happy scale modelling, Folks!

We are indeed busy getting ready for our first few shows of the new ‘season’, hence the arrival of a few new items in our catalogue, the first of this new year, including some bits to hang under your 1/144 Rafales (amongst other types) and a slightly ‘different’ but nonetheless interesting item for lovers of the famed Phantom II jet plane, our first ‘version’ of the F-4 mascot, The Spook.

This first version will certainly interest those who are interested in the Luftwaffe too, and is the fruit of a ‘commission’ from one of our customers.  Going through our website, you will certainly notice that we are not particularly focused onto a particular theme (albeit some themes are more represented than others, we will grant you this), and we do like to release what we like.  But we also like to listen to our clients and a number of releases each year are in fact based upon specific requests from you, our clients.  We are currently developing a 1/72 Autocar U-8144-T kit, due to be released in June this year, following the same ‘princple’.  We hope you will like our Teutonic Spook; it was certainly entertaining to take on the project and turn in into a kit.  More Spooks are being ‘investigated’ and time will tell whether this becomes one of our many ‘series’…

Happy modelling, Folks!

As promised we have now added four new future ‘hardware’ references to our 1/35 and 1/72 RetroTracks catalogue.  The T13 Type 3, never released in this scale ever before is to meet the numerous demands from our customers for this particular vehicle, which after all, was the most common AFV in service in Belgium in May 1940…  The JPK90 kit is more of a commission from a retired Belgian army JPK90 driver, but we know from our experience with the 1/72 kit of this AFV we released a few years ago, that this will be another best-seller too.  To this we can add a further two new 1/35 figures and in time we will also reveal the nature of some 1/35 accessory packs that will complement our other 1/35 releases.  We are set to release the three new 1/72 RetroTracks kits later this month (Berliet GPE4, Lorraine 28-1 Command Car and Citroën P104), and we thus plan to release at least another two kits during 2019, including a brand new Belgian T13 Type 1 / Type 2 kit that benefits from all the research that went into its larger 1/35 brother released in 2018, and an Autocar U-8144-T that should be followed in time by a semi-trailer and a pontoon.

Amateurs of our Chibi RetroTracks range do not despair, we are also thinking of you and the next set of releases is due in for late February 2019..!

Updates about of other ranges will follow shortly!

In the meantime, Happy New Year, Trackheads of the World!

Another year passes by…  RetrokiT’s 12th year of existence (as it stands today; RetrokiT was actually founded in 2015) should be an interesting one.  We will start with quite a lot of new items being added in our catalogue, not least three new 1/72 AFV kits (there is still time to place an early order and benefit from a special ‘pre-order price’).  There are about fifteen 1/144 aircraft sets, some SW stuff and a handful of new Bananaaas! awaiting caster’s time too.  Plus a few odd things for good measure!  Plans for further 1/35 Belgian AFVs and figures are gathering pace and we will announce what those will be shortly after New Year’s Day.  A new range is about to be born too…  And our show calendar is quickly filling in with exciting events and travels.

We look forward to seeing and/or hearing from you in 2019.  In the meantime, have a great holiday season!