Very good, detailed model kit, yet unexpectedly were added to the total price import customs costs!

The kit itself can be described by the quality itself of the detailing and the fit her as well.
The kit of the IJN Chikuma in 1: 350 Tamiya presents the heavy cruiser about the appearance of the years from 1939 to 1940 up to a maximum in the summer of 1941 is but the actually closely related kit of sister ship IJN Tone is much better equipped, making the ship in the. appearance from which the cruisers had in the early summer of 1944, shortly before the Battle of Leyte, with a lot more flak, radar and more modern aircraft!
Had I known that before, I would have opted for the kit of tone, because I wanted to build a cruiser in this class under construction about 1943. Because the elimination of equipment would have been cheaper than retrofitting with At-Rüst kits for Sea-planes and artillery AA- by Hasegawa in 1: 350th Even in December 1941 during the attack on Pearl Harbour, the IJN Chikuma had the old Kawanishi-E-7K biplane no longer on board, the Nakajima E-8N only partially.
For a wonderful, purist model of a Japanese heavy cruiser during the interwar period but reichts all because several Photoätzteilsätze are available. I myself have found me during erection "1943" four sets Drilling 25mm AA artillery from the grab bag, even scratch-built anti-aircraft platforms and the necessary aircraft, including photo-etched parts inclusive railing.
The kit itself, I had very low shot from a supplier in Japan, not even 120 have been called for kit and shipping together. However, the package in German customs stuck because the VAT return was not externally visible attached to the package. And so were another 22, + something due for payment, which the purchase and delivery of "very favorable" to the "mediocre expensive" moved!