Thank you! It's certainly a WIP, but that's what modeling is about I suppose.
You've certainly touched on a point that makes this very frustrating for me. The price of it makes the kit a hard pill to swallow. You're certainly right though, this kit fills a void that isn't available through any other offering and has provided me a head start.
It may be my lack of experience with modeling and what truly goes into non-scratch built models when I've viewed them built at shows(I've only built 2 in my 40 years). But a premium price for a halfheartedly head start is a very thin silver-lining.
I would love to say, my interest in the vehicle is what keeps me motivated, but I'd be lying. The $50 I dropped on this kit, keeps me motivated and I guess if this kit were half that. I would never have attempted to finish this, especially being a novice.
There is more wrong with the turret than just the lack of over hang, that's for sure. That back is too long, the whole turret is too squashed, and the cheeks of turret base is misshapen, but once the dust cover is on it, it serves as a disguise. That's just the tip of it of course.
Bottom line is, I just didn't know what I was getting into and that's my fault. A rude awakening that a model can have more than subtle inaccuracies, and actually be so inaccurate that a novice like me can't ignore it. Next time, I'll scrub the internet for every review possible.
