I'm working on Val right now. Here is a photo report. Work is progressing. Kit is old Fujimi. I Have to use new decals set (Print Scale), but I 'm making EI-235 from photo, by cuting two decals with plane number.

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Thank you for the kind word. I forgot attached photo of the box. Kit cost me 24$ on local auction site. It seemed quite expensive for an old model, but it turns out that models on ebay cost even $ 40-70!

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Looks like the Fujimi kit keeps a high value, @lis!
Love those figures!

Fujimi has very good shape of parts. Especially main gear. CH looks very weak in this field. of course, there are also weaknesses of Fujimi, but considering the years of its foundation - acceptable. Photo after sme wash, and weathering master set from Tamiya. I tried to draw the appearance of the canvas-covered ailerons and other small details.

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Thanks for the kind word. Attach photos of your models. I will be glad to see them.

As requested, here are my 1/72 Fujimi's. Posted in my Blog as part of the E-of-J GB. Kit decals used for both models.

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I think I paid around $25 more than a year ago from either Hobby Link Japan or Banzai Hobby, which is reasonable. But yes, Fujimi kits from the same era are pretty hard to find now...I paid more than $40 from HLJ for the Hobby 2000's reboxed-from-Fujimi 1/72 Douglas A-4M (which comes with paint masks for canopy & windscreen), and I consider that expensive.

Sorry to be a bit late to this party; Your pictures shows great progress so far, and I were very happy to see some GasPatch AM parts are going in the build - he makes some very amazing things, and his kits are simply stunning. Looking forward to your next post @lis.