I have been looking at other peoples reviews of this tank as I have never had any contact with the world of tanks & this is my 1st Tamiya r/c model so I wasn't sure my comments would be of value. As a modeller & engineer with over 60 years of experience I will say that even leaving aside the particular problems with my kit this model is very poor value for money & I regret buying it. There are glaring omissions & poor detailing obviously to cut costs which are not passed on to the customer. IMHO if you are thinking of buying this one look elsewhere.