Review of VLS Verlinden 1/35th Scale Resin Wounded G.I. with Medic
Set no. 2803
By Ray Mehlberger
MSRP: $17.95
Verlinden is located in San Jose, CA and has a web site.
By Ray Mehlberger
MSRP: $17.95
Verlinden is located in San Jose, CA and has a web site.
LS 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. However, this set still appears for sale on the VLS web site.
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 6 tan resin parts: a kneeling medic with separate body, head and arms. He is wearing a steel helmet and has 4 pouches on his belt. The wounded G.I. is full-bodied and laying on a tarp. He is bare-chested with bandage wrapped around his chest and he has a splint strapped to his left leg. There is a loose canteen included but the satchel on the cover is not included in this set.
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 6 tan resin parts: a kneeling medic with separate body, head and arms. He is wearing a steel helmet and has 4 pouches on his belt. The wounded G.I. is full-bodied and laying on a tarp. He is bare-chested with bandage wrapped around his chest and he has a splint strapped to his left leg. There is a loose canteen included but the satchel on the cover is not included in this set.
This set will make for a great instant diorama scene.
I was willed this set and many other VLS ones by a deceased modeler friend of mine who died of cancer years ago.
I was willed this set and many other VLS ones by a deceased modeler friend of mine who died of cancer years ago.