Bad form to reply to ones own post, but I bought it. 8190yen which in UK money comes to about 55 quid, but I’ll bet it’ll be more when it gets “home”.

It is a model of great beauty and I’m looking forward to bodging it together in my own inimitable manner. I’m busy mangling a 1/25 Tiger[1] at the moment so the IX will sit in the cupboard for now, but a couple of things I noticed:

1. This may be the first of a number of versions, including a clear one. There are some seperate parts that look as if they can change stuff in the future and the level of interior detail is quite stunning.

2. The wings have seperate panels for the gun bays, but no interior detail or guns. Again, this maybe to allow a more detailed version later but still a bit wierd.

[1]I’m trying to teach myself how to use an airbrush, and I figured an AFV offers more room for error