Hey Cobraman, hope you don't mind me jumping in here? Yeah, it did see combat use but it's thin armour and weak gun left it at a big disadvantage vs US and Commonwealth troops- I think I remember that a heavy machine gun would punch though it's armour. Still it was one of the most effective amphibious tanks of the war being able to run though even choppy rough seas, mainly since it was built from the ground up as an amphibious vehicle rather than having stuff strapped to it like a Sherman DD.
There is a 1/35th Dragon kit, Constructor built it a few years back, and Jibber has plans to build one for the Japanese GB III.
Again I love this Cobraman- very cool to show the tank 'doing it's thing' as it were.