Thanks for the video. I enjoyed watching it. Even tho I couldn't understand what she said, she for sure speaks "model" and how she reacted in some instances was the same way I would have. "Did I break something or did it just snap into place?" doesn't need words.

Language barrier aside, I was able to take away a few things from this video. I admit to making some assumptions, but I think they are solid.

She is a serious about models. She builds kits of all sorts (armor, ships, cars, motorcycles, etc), she paints them, weathers them, etc. I haven't see her use PE (Maybe I just haven't watched enough), but otherwise she does everything I do to my kits.

Without subtitles it is impossible to know for sure, but I suspect this was an out of the box build, which is why some of the fit issues weren't address with a bit of glue. She clearly was capable of fixing them if she wanted to, and because she didn't I think it is an out of the box build.

The Fujimi kit looks interesting. The fit was pretty good, and it looks like a bit of glue would have corrected those pieces that didn't fit great. This type of kit wouldn't be my go-to, but it has lots of appeal after a build with lots of fit issues and fiddly PE. It is something younger kids could easily help/do without worrying about messy stuff like glue and paint. The price seems high, but I have a 1/700 scale destroyer I am building/rebuilding which cost over twice that much once all the after market stuff was purchased. And at the distance most people are going to see it, it looks like a KONGO.

That was well worth the 25 minutes or so I spent watching it at lunch. Thanks for sharing.

Chris