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Wow! End of May 2020 already, this year appears to fly by real quick. At this rate, we’ll soon be on the roads again, even if our schedule is rather light this year comparing to the pre-Covid years. Our first stop will be Mons, in Belgium in August, a really good show bringing in the whole array of scale modelling genres, a great outing for the whole family. RetrokiT is at the moment only scheduled to have a stand on the Sunday, but things might change and pre-orders can be picked up on the Saturday too. Details to follow.

Our new releases keep coming in (we had been VERY busy designing new patterns during the various confinements of the past two years!), new Bananaaas!, new 1/144 aircraft conversions and detail sets in particular. Lots of re-releases too, old sets that had been out of production for a while (a long while for some!!) are coming back, including the Egg Drone D-21 for the Blackbird Egg plane and the 1/144 MiG21I Analog conversion kit. We have plenty more coming in over the second half of 2022: 1/144 C-130 cockpit detail set and Mirage F.1B conversion kit, Sherman Ambutank conversion kit (Chibi), Kubelwagen (Chibi), a revised F-4 cockpit Detail Set (Chibi), the 1/144 MiG-25 two-seater conversion kit (re-release) and some more SW bits to name but a few.

So, keep coming over those pages to check our progress and remind yourself that we give a lot more info on our new patterns, new and forthcoming releases on our Facebook page.

And as always, keep on scale modelling, Folks!

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!

Back at work after a few weeks during which little could be done. Life does not always compute well with scale modelling, at least scale modelling 24/7, and some sort of a compromise had to be reached!

Nevertheless, new items coming are coming out early this New Year, along with a handful of re-releases. There are a lots of masters awaiting behind, 2022 should be a positive year, even if Covid & Co. are not allowing us the freedom we used to have pre-2020.

If Covid allows, we do plan to attend to a handful of shows during the New Year, but it won’t be to the level of 25 to 30 shows a year as ‘before’ for sure. In the meantime, we at RetrokiT wish you a Happy and Healthy New Year.

Thank you for your support, and keep on scale modelling!

With the still timid re-start of the show season, we are on the verge of releasing our first computer-aided designed kits and sets, with amongst other items, this very cute little Kubelwagen meant to complement the World War Toons (and other Chibi) kits. This is quite a departure for RetrokiT, where everything has so far been done the ‘old-fashioned way’ but we must move on with progress! We expect this Kubel to be available for the end of 2021, and some 1/35 accessories to follow soon afterwards.

In the meantime, new items keep entering (or re-entering) the various RetrokiT ranges, first with a Panther Coelian turret meant for the Meng World war Toons kits, then a 1/144 cockpit detail set for the Eduard MiG-15 UTI, a new SW Moisture Vaporators set for RetroSF,… Following the re-releases of our 1/144 Tornado cockpit detail sets, we are re-releasing long out of production Harrier cockpit detail set for the Hasegawa Egg plane kit. The MiG-21 Analog is due next for re-release, as are the 1/144 F-111 sets.

November will see us (or should see us) taking part to our third and final show of the year, in Fleurus, Belgium. We do not expect to go back to 25 to 30 shows a year afterwards, but we will still appear at shows here and there throughout 2022.

Until the next update, be safe and keep scale modelling, Folks!

The end of August should hopefully see us returning to trading at scale model shows. It’s been a long time since the last one we attended to (February 2020..!), let’s hope the few scheduled for the end of 2021 are not going to be cancelled, because we are really looking forward to seeing old friends again and share a couple or more drinks with each of them…

We are starting off with a show in Huy, Belgium, on the 28th of August. Three weeks later we will again be in Belgium, in Mol this time for the KMK show and although SMC had to be cancelled for 2021, we will have a final outing, still in Belgium, in Fleurus in November. The way things progress (or not) with the on-going Covid crisis will dictate how many shows we attend to in 2022, but it’s very likely to be far less than the 25 to 30 shows we did prior Covid.

We are pleased to finally release our (so far!) largest World war Toons conversion set, the Artilleriewagen S.SP.Pz; Meng’s contribution will be small, just the turret of a Pz III, but if you have used our conversion kits before, you might have that readily in stock..!

September (possibly late August) will see the release of 2 new World War Toons conversion kits, three new 1/144 aircraft detail sets, one RetroSF ‘SW’ set and four re-releases (sets that were out of production but that we are putting back in production).

Lots more scheduled for the last three months of the year but let’s not get too excited!

In the meantime, keep on scale modelling, Folks!

It’s been quite a while since our last special offer, Folks! We are pleased to announce the start of our latest sale, our 2021 summer sale:

For 10 days only (that is until July 19th, 2021, Midnight CET), get any three items for the price of two..! This is how this will work: place your order as usual via our RetrokiT website, pay in full and get refunded the price of any third item ordered (lowest priced item, that is) at the time of posting. Note that as shows are still weeks away, our stock is kept to a minimum and some time may be needed before your complete order can be shipped. We aim to ship all orders ASAP, within a week, but if a delay is needed, we will contact you and let you know. Any order should be posted within 3 to 4 weeks after receipt of the order. Postage to be charged as usual. A minimum order of 30 euros (postage not included) is required to ‘trigger‘ the special offer. All returning customers will also qualify for a little ‘extra‘, a small way of extending our gratitude for your past custom.

Note that our postage fees will need to be changed, this will be done after the end of this summer sale; the increase is the first we will implement in several years, we did not want to do it, but it’s got to be done. So take advantage of this sale to beat the postage increase that is coming later this July.

So what are you waiting for..? The sale is now ON.

As we get into the month of June, the future looks a little bit brighter for scale model shows all over Europe. However, at least for a little while, RetrokiT will not be attending to as many shows as in the past; we averaged over 25 shows each year, we plan to do no more than 10 each year, and there might only be a small handful this year. One of them is likely to be Scale Model World in Belgium in September. Our Agenda will no doubt grow a little as things get confirmed (or not!) over the next few weeks…

Four new releases have just reached the various RetrokiT ranges: two set of SW droids in 1/72, a cool conversion for the Meng World War Toon Char B1 and last but not least a 1/144 cockpit detail set for the Eduard MiG-15bis kits. The latter was a to answer a ‘special request’ from one of our long-time followers in Germany. Let’s hope the new set fulfill his expectations! We welcome any suggestions, by the way..!

More new sets are being cast as we write those lines, we expect 6 new releases in June. Watch this space!

Be safe, get vaccinated, and keep on scale modelling, Folks!

Our 11th and 12th new releases so far this year are now available online. They are:

The Churchill Mk.VII Update Kit designed for the Meng ‘World War Toons’ Churchill Tank, and featuring a more accurate (but still ‘toonish’) turret, side air intakes and engine deck than the base kit,

The F-105F/G Conversion Kit for the 1/144 Otaki, or Arii, Revell or even Entex kits. A long-awaited release on which we started working over 5 years ago.. We got.. shall we say, distracted..!

Other new releases had been planned for early April but our casters are too busy at the moment, so they will come a bit later.. Amongst those are our 1/144 U-2R/TR-1 detail sets, a toon Draisine and some (also long-awaited!) new 1/72 RetroSF Star Wars bits.

We’ll get them ready ASAP for you!

In the meantime, stay safe and keep on scale modelling, Folks!

The latest 1/144 RetroWings detail sets are out now! A long-awaited cockpit for the more recent Revell Panavia Tornado kits, and cockpits for the Brengun He-162 and Ho-229A kits join our still growing 1/144 range, to be following next month (April 2021) by the F-105 two-seater conversion kit for the (much) older Otaki kit (many times re-issued by the likes of Arii and Revell to name but two).

Note that our P-39 cockpit detail set and our Land-Rover Series 3 are still very new in that range too!

Also out next month are our next 1/100 aircraft detail sets, F-105 Thunderchief and A-7 Corsair II and a ‘correction’ kit for the Meng World War Toons Churchill Tank. Some new RetroSF items should follow soon after that, in particular our Cargo Bay detail set for the superb 1/144 Bandai AT-AT. As always, you can follow the making of our latest patterns and be updated about our latest releases by visiting our Facebook page.

That’s all for now, Folks! Be safe & keep scale modelling!

We are pleased to announce the release of three new 1/144 RetroWings sets. They are a cockpit detail set for the Brengun P-39 Airacobra kits, a cockpit & cabin detail set for the Revell SA-330 Puma kit and a rather exciting Land Rover Series 3 (with options for for either a hard- or soft-topped vehicle) than continues our foray into airfield/airport vehicles, though this particular release can be used in many other settings. More 1/144 ‘aircraft’ sets are due out later this month, and as you may have seen on our Facebook page, we have been busy designing yet more 1/144 sets and kits, along with a few more for our growing 1/100 range.

That’s all for now, Folks! Be safe and keep on scale modelling.