Great story and great model, Brian!
"La Merde de Chat" is surely going to be a winner...once they overcome the little problem of the smell :)
I have built also one of those Airfixs kits, and also an 1/35 Emhar kit, and the conclusion is the same in both cases: Good kit. Awfull tracks!
Those hard to mould and hard to paint vinil tracks are really annoying.
Looking forward to see the new and improved Mk II version :)