Review of VLS Verlinden 1/35th Scale
ACDA 35020 Resin Boots & Shoes
By Ray Mehlberger
Out of production
Verlinden is located in San Jose, CA and has a web site.
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 set consists of 10 parts: 2 pair of laced up boots, 2 pair of jack boots, 1 pair of low shoes.
These boots and shoes will greatly improve some of the plastic ones found in kits.
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 10 parts: 2 pair of laced up boots, 2 pair of jack boots, 1 pair of low shoes.
These boots and shoes will greatly improve some of the plastic ones found in kits.
I got this set and a lot of other VLS sets willed to me by a fellow modeler who died of cancer years ago.
I am willing to sell this set for a good price + postage.