I paid about the same for mine. Hpi bodies are some of the best in my opinion because they take a lot of beating and bashing before they break. I buy then when I can. The decals are always photo realistic. In the end it is 100 percent up to you to know if it's worth it to you for that price...
I gave it to my father in law on a clodbuster I built for him for Christmas. I can tell you it's about 7 inches wide and right in the length your needing. You can also find the dimensions by searching for the body on hpiracing.com and other sites.
In my opinion tamiya works great as long as the body is super clean and dry. I've used tamiya pearls and have experienced flaking immediately after painting. I tried to mount my body after using a pearl yellow and all it did was flake. I properly prepped the body any did everything normally and...
I bit the bullet and bought a vintage 2002 hpi dodge ram 1500 savage body off flea bay. It was only trimmed and even had the unused decal sheet. No window masking but that's easy enough to do with tape. I'm making a very scale and detailed replica of the wife's 2002 ram 1500 we just bought a...