It's only a problem if viewed as a problem -- and I think we may be the wrong people to ask. However, in the past, Tamiya's pricing seems to have restricted this disease to the affluent and the very committed. In retrospect, a worthy, if not entirely selfless contribution to public health.

Now with HL and Torro and others out there breeding accessible items, any dilettante who can scrape together $100 or so at a time is seriously at risk. The situation is already fraught with peril and with the increasing incidence of unexpected outbreaks of new variants such as the Panzer IV, acquired resistance has been rendered useless.

The prognosis is currently grim and the epidemic has just begun. Probably the only solution is renting a storage space under an assumed name and just hoping for better times (or even cheaper tanks).