Scale Military Modeller International – August 2019

1939 Polish

Infantryman

adalbertus

A

FEw years back

Adalbertus released

miniature of a Polish

Infantryman circa 1939

available in both in 120mm and 1:35

and sculpted digitally by

Grzegorz Kawecki. That

allowed igure to be very

well detailed, with few it

problems. Beside several

resin parts, you also get a

small decal sheet, a small

etched fret with national

insignia, a medal, sling

mounts and an instruction

sheet. I didn’t ind any cast

blemishes besides a small

seam line on legs, and the

igure could be built with a

ield cap or helmet, with his

left hand holding the helmet

(helmet with liner has

been provided in

the kit) or holding a

bayonet.

Removing the

casting blocks was

fairly easy in most cases,

and the main parts are

the torso, arms, hands

and head, and had a

really good it. Thanks

to that I could paint all

these parts separately.

As usual I began with

two thin layers of Dupli

Colour Grey Automotive

Primer. Priming not

only is important as

good base for paint,

but also shows where

any additional work

is needed. After a

few corrections and

another thin layer of

primer I moved

onto the

painting stage proper,

and here I used mainly

Vallejo acrylics. I began by

painting the lesh parts

irst with an initial layer of

Brown Sand (876), adding

shadows using shadows

Burnt Cadmium Red (814)

and more to Brown Sand.

The highlights were applied

using Basic Skin Tone (815).

The rile is carbine model 29

(Karabinek wz.29) modiied

by Fabryka Broni Radom

Mauser 98, and was a standard issue

weapon for Polish Army. The

wood stock was painted with

brown from the Lifecolor

Wood Paint Set and lightly

brushed with dark brown so

lighter brown would show

through. The metal parts were

painted with Tamiya Gunmetal

mixed with black. With lesh

colours complete I moved

onto painting the uniform.

As a base I used Khaki Grey

(880), and added shadows

using a mix of Khaki Grey

and English Uniform. Some

highlights were then

added by drybrushing

on a little Abteilung 502

Sunny Flesh Tone oil

paint.

The backpack was

painted with Khaki

(988) and the blanket

with Hataka Khaki Grey

(A304). The details were

highlighted by adding

shadows with darker

shade and highlights

with lighter shade.

64 SCALE MILITARY MODELLER INTERNATIONAL

Manufacturer: Adalbertus

Scale: 120mm

Kit Type: Cast resin

Kit Number: 120-03

Polish Infantryman 1939

MARCIN KARADEWSKI BUILDS THE 120MM ADALBERTUS KIT

circa 1939

Scale 120mm / Polish Infantryman