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Been working on a Hasegawa 1/350 Shimakaze. Really nice kit, and I had no idea that Hasegawa ship kits were this well engineered / molded.
I had to buy the photo etch separately, but the nice thing is Hasegawa integrates the photo etch instructions with the kit instructions very nicely. They also include injection molded parts that are meant to be used only with the photo etch parts, another nice touch.
Fit is absolutely perfect as well, the molds are crisp and perfect too. My only gripe is that some of the smaller details are very basic, such as the 20mm AA guns, but there's not much you can do at this scale with them. I just wish there were some aftermarket brass barrels for this kit.
I still don't understand why the photo etch is sold separately when it's essentially critical to making the model look decent though. I think they designed the kit so that it could be built without painting for beginners or something.
