Tamiya or Hasegawa Yukikaze (1/350)

    I bought the Hasegawa 1/350 Yukikaze Ten-Go 1945 kit. It's still in the stash though.  I got a real good deal which included the PE set QG10.  The Tamiya kit has the separate lower hull so you can easily water-line it but I wanted an easier hull assembly so I decided on the Hasegawa with the one-piece hull.  Funny thing is both kits require 11 parts to assemble the Hull.

   In my opinion the Hasegawa kit does not look easy based on the instructions  but it does have one option; you can choose whether to add the 13 & 25 mm deck guns by following the directions and open holes in the deck, or not.  I am pretty sure the Tamiya kit has the holes there so you are forced to add the Light AA or fill the holes if you want an earlier version of Yukikaze.  I also like the stern Superstructure AA platform on the Hasegawa kit which also holds the rear mast/radar. However, I do not know which kits platform is the more "Historically" accurate,  I just like Hasegawa's depiction.

Pricing becomes pretty similar if you add PE to the Hasegawa kit. Tamiya comes with a small PE set with stairs and such.

  I hope some members here have built these kits and can add their "Building Experiences".

    Nino

Build them both.

Seriously, whichever one you build second will be better than the first.

First time ship modeler; it's your skill, not the model.

Bill

Alex;

 Hi and here's what I have to say to that. You will be wise to build the one that would be easier for you. Whichever one is your choice. Just remember "G" knows his stuff concerning both company's models, Much more than me.

I have built the Hasegawa KIt and the Tamiya one in the Stash. I found no real problems with the Hasegawa Kit. It all depends if you want OOB and to add P/E that will make the difference.....Cheers mark

Vipers,

Both kits are excellent. If you’re going to add PE, then Eduard makes a set for the earlier 1940 version but not the later Ten-Go version. Hasegawa makes a set for the Ten-Go version.

Tamiya now sells a PE set that’s actually made by Pontos. Infini makes a very nice set also that sells for less than the Tamiya/Pontos set.

If you don’t want to spend upwards to $150 to $200 then I would go with the Hasegawa kit. Just my two cents.

Steve

I'll second GM's response. The kits are similar in build and parts count but if this is your first I'd suggest the Tam, it would also depend on the time frame your wanting. The Tam is '45 and the Hase is '40. Fujimi makes one I believe but I don't know anything about it.

Hi everyone, 

Thanks for the responses! I went ahead and ordered the Hasegawa set, as it was a little bit cheaper when I bought it. This won't be my first 1/350 ship build, I have done the Tamiya Bismark, a Dragon Spruance, and the Tamiya Fletcher, but those were built years ago and I would hope that I've improved a bit since then...

Considering gettning some PE for the set, but at the same time I am still very inexperienced with that aspect of model building, so I may hold off on that until I have more practice.  

Looking forward to building this one though!

Thanks again for all of your responses. 

Alex