Fujimi 1/76 Valentine - worth bothering with?

[KRK4m]

Having been looking for the Italeri 1/72 Valentine for several months I just have met the Fujimi 1/76 one for a stupid price.

As I never heard about it I'd like to know, whether is it visually much smaller and of lower quality than 1/72 Italeri one.

Of course I know that the difference in hull length should be less than 4mm, but how much is it really in this case?

Cheers

Michael

[Graham Boak]

The Fujimi kit has a 1/76 hull and is a very nice kit, except that the turret is not wide enough.   That said, the Fujimi kits of this era had poor tracks - I don't recall whether this was equally true of the Valentine.  However, it certainly isn't 1/72nd.

[johnd]

I thoroughly enjoyed building mine and don't recall having trouble with the tracks. I got them on, which makes them good by my standards . It definitely looks 1/76 scale.

 

For a stupid price though? I'd buy it.

 

John.

[Seahawk]

Others have been gentler in their criticism of the undersized Fujimi Valentine turret: I strongly recall thinking it looked absurd.   A Fujimi 1/76 Valentine Hull with an ESCI 1/72 turret makes a rather nice 1/76 Valentine, though you'll probably find some of the Fujimi detail parts a little heavy by modern standards.  I thought the Fujimi tracks were fine.