Review of VLS Verlinden 1/35th Scale
Resin Standing Russian Officer
Set no. Unknown
By Ray Mehlberger
Out of production
Verlinden is located in San Jose, CA and has a web site.
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.
This tan resin set consists of 7 parts. The figure is divided up into seperate head with an officer's hat on it, torso, thighs and jack boots. He is wearing the officer's Gimnasterka pull-over shirt.
He is highly detailed.
I was willed this figure and many other VLS sets by a fellow modeler who died of cancer years ago.
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 tan resin set consists of 7 parts. The figure is divided up into seperate head with an officer's hat on it, torso, thighs and jack boots. He is wearing the officer's Gimnasterka pull-over shirt.
He is highly detailed.
I was willed this figure and many other VLS sets by a fellow modeler who died of cancer years ago.
I am willing to sell the figure for a good price + postage.