Review of VLS Verlinden 1/35th Scale
Resin Prone German Soldier w/98K Carbine
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 10 parts. The soldier is divided into seperate alternate 2 heads. On is wearing a steel helmet and the other head is wearing a soft field cap. His body is in a seperate torso, lower body and arms. Other parts are the 98k carbine, a gas mask canister, canteen and a canvas pouch.
He is highly detailed and will fit nicely into a fighting scene.
I got this set and a lot of other VLS ones willed to me 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 10 parts. The soldier is divided into seperate alternate 2 heads. On is wearing a steel helmet and the other head is wearing a soft field cap. His body is in a seperate torso, lower body and arms. Other parts are the 98k carbine, a gas mask canister, canteen and a canvas pouch.
He is highly detailed and will fit nicely into a fighting scene.
I got this set and a lot of other VLS ones willed to me by a fellow modeler who died of cancer years ago.
I am willing to sell this figure at a good price + postage