Review of VLS Verlinden 1/35th Scale
Resin U.S. G.I. in Bed
Set no. Unknown
By Ray Mehlberger
Out of production
By Ray Mehlberger
Out of production
Verlinden is located in San Jose, CA and has a web site.
VLS resins sets are short run products, made with rubber molds rather than steel ones that are used to mold plastic parts. These molds have a short life and wear out after a few thousand shots.
Figures molded this way by VLS are seamless, but have pour lugs that have to be removed, as you can readily see here. Also, the parts should be washed with soap and water to remove any mold release from them. Which at times runs heavy. The pour lugs are best removed with a razor saw and the attachment point then sanded smooth.
VLS resins sets are short run products, made with rubber molds rather than steel ones that are used to mold plastic parts. These molds have a short life and wear out after a few thousand shots.
Figures molded this way by VLS are seamless, but have pour lugs that have to be removed, as you can readily see here. Also, the parts should be washed with soap and water to remove any mold release from them. Which at times runs heavy. The pour lugs are best removed with a razor saw and the attachment point then sanded smooth.
This set consists of one tan part. It is of a U.S. soldier who is bare-chested and sitting up in bed.
You can make out his dog tags on a chain around his neck, it is so well detailed.
This figure will work very nicely in a diorama of a camping area.
I got this set, as well as with many other VLS resin sets, willed to me by a fellow modeler who died of cancer years ago. I am willing to sell it at a good price + postage.
You can make out his dog tags on a chain around his neck, it is so well detailed.
This figure will work very nicely in a diorama of a camping area.
I got this set, as well as with many other VLS resin sets, willed to me by a fellow modeler who died of cancer years ago. I am willing to sell it at a good price + postage.