when i watched the Instructions Video on the ICM website, my first thought was "this looks more like a MiniArt Kit. and those are 1:35 military modeler scale.

https://youtu.be/rPd8FIYRtu0?si=jm2Lp-cQbrsVQxIX

still, it seems like a better (meaning more detailed and educational) starting point than AMT, Revell kits. i do not have experience with Monogram.

the complexity of body construction is not my objection; i simply do not want an "open to the weather" model.