This little beauty of a kit is absolutely worth every penny. Though it suffers from the same drawbacks of Tamiya's 1/35th scale shermans. I spent about 7 hours building, and boy, that was the best time I had building in a long time. It is built oob, thoguh I did add some cast texture with a burr and liquid cement. It is painted in my own mix of yellow and black and is shaded with continously lighter shades. It is weathered with oil washes, oil filters, and MMP pigments.
I deffinitely reccomend these wonderful little things, do't give in the the usual thoughts that they are "too small". Pick one up and try it, you'll have a blast!