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Once again, Adalbertus were present at this year's Nuremberg Trade Show. The company are the exporters for (amongst many other items) a range of very unique figures - ToRo Model (Poland).

This report will concentrate on ToRo Model as they are producing a range of figures no-one else has considered along with another which has multiple applications...

The first of these two ranges is for the Polish 1st Army. The Polish 1st Army fought under Soviet control in the Eastern Front fom 1942 until the war's end. Equipped with Soviet uniforms and equipment (but maintaining items such as the Polish 'Kepi'), it goes without saying that these figures have a lot of potental in dioramas.

Six figures constitute the range:

35F12 - Officer with PPSh in greatcoat

35F13 - Infantryman with PPSh

35F17 - Infantryman with Dyektariev DP MG

The three figures above are AVAILABLE now and will soon be joined by three NEW figures:

35F16 - Kolberg 1945: Infantryman with PPSh in greatcoat (FEBRUARY 2008)

35F17 - Berlin 1945 Tank Crewman, 4th Independent Tank Regiment ( MARCH 2008)

35F18 - Berlin 1945: Studebaker US-6 Driver sitting figure. (MARCH 2008)

I saw all three of the new figures and they really are very good looking figures indeed..

The second of the ranges which i'm highlighting here, is unique in any company's catalogue - Warsaw Uprising 1944:

Currently there are seven 1/35th scale figures in this range which would have many applications for other areas with a slight change of weapons. These figures could be used in a settting for the Spanish Civil War, FFI in the French uprising of august '44, or, going a little further, as Yugoslav or Italian Partisans...

Warsaw Uprising Range:

35F03 - Girl Courier in Warsaw Uprising

35F06 - Squad CO in Warsaw Uprising

35F07 MG Gunner, Warsaw Uprising

35F08 - Street Fighter, Warsaw Uprising

35F09 - Sewer Pipe Raider, Warsaw 1944

35F11 - Polish Home Army Officer 1944

35F15 - Bren Gunner - Warsaw 1944 (includes vignette base)

35A01 - Ruined Alley (vignette base)

Also, as a very unique 'player' in the Uprising, is a 1/35th scale (full) kit of:

35016 - Improvised armoured car 'Kubus' The (original) vehicle actually survived and is on show in the Polish National Army Museum, Warsaw. There was also a reproduction of the vehicle built...

The company website is well worth checking out as the company do some very interesting subjects (such as early-war Polish infantry), resin vignette bases, some excellent upgrades for AFVs along with some highly-unique subjects in historical figures. The website can be seen:

HERE (LINK)

More to come soon - including reviews. Meanwhile, my grateful thanks to Adalbertus for the time they gave me in Nuremberg.