I agree, probably the same year I saw sitting looking magnificent on the bench too, luckily I bought this one off a mayhem member who sold it cheaply- I wasn’t going to argue over the price. I think that either Hobbyboss or Trumpeter may be making a kit in the same scale but probably a lot cheaper than the Merit kit.
The nice thing in the kit is the inclusion of the cowl vents so you can make an earlier version or in my case a British pre-Dreadnought.
