My first impression is that the model was terrible. What an ugly looking tank and the production quality is waay sloppy to my standard. However it occurred to me now that it might be a fun tank.
The reasoning is this. I usually collect high quality diecast tank such as Minichamps and their price range means I do not dare to play with them at all so they are sitting there on the cabinet day in, day out. Not that you can play much with them anyway.
However this tank while being ugly may be a very fun tank to actually play a bit. It has got opening hatches and running tracks and wheels. It looks so ugly that it actually looks weirdly good. I may play with it a bit unlike those Minichamp tanks which I treat like a God damn holy grail.
http://www.flyingmule.com/products/UM-80014
However another diecast a large 1:48 Su-27 has come to my attention as well though this one would cost considerably more. I'm planning to scrutinize the quality in another 2 weeks before deciding to get it and if I get it. However even if I do get it I won't possibly play with it at all as its size would make it unpractical to be played with.
Gosh I'm old enough not to be playing toys but today it occurred to me that some models may be fun to be played a bit
So what do you think of this Panzer IV? This tank came to my attention again as I prowled to look for a 1:72 Hobby Master T-55 which is so small and cost about half of that BIG ugly but good and fun Panzer IV. There's the King Tiger from Unimax as well as KV-1 but they look rather boring and I think Panzer IV looks like the most fun tank.