Over here in the UK, Bandai 1/48 armour kits almost always end up going
for very high prices on Ebay. Often 2-3x the cost of an equivalent 1/35 kit - obviously
they're quite collectable.
The Far Eastern company Frog (not the same Frog that made aircraft kits years
ago) has re-released a lot of these kits and they are generally much cheaper than the Bandai
ones. Never built one so can't comment on quality, accuracy etc.