| You would think that a model that expensive would be close to perfect. |
I agree with you completely, and this is in fact the only FOV model I have, in any scale - they're not really one of my favourite manufacturers. But for someone like me, who is interested in Tigers / Wittmann / the Normandy Campaign ( and also would quite like to own a real one ! ) this is the only game in town and is likely to remain so (I'm not a plastic kit-builder ).
Again on the plus side, I have to say that IMPO the finish that FOV have achieved on this model is superb ; better than Minichamps in 1/35 and Dragon in 1/72 which I've previously regarded as benchmarks.