Tamiya 1/350 WWII Japanese Navy Utility Boat Set

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Tamiya 1/350 WWII Japanese Navy Utility Boat Set

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When Tamiya first introduced this set I said nice, then I noticed it was (at my LHS) $25 and I wondered what I got and what the quality was of this set. I hope the following pictures hekp others decide.

Here is what you get:
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This will be a good guide for adding smaller details to the boats.

Box bottom
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Lists what and how many of each are included in the box.

Sprue, top and bottom. The box contains 2 sprues.
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Close up of the molding quality.
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Also included is a small photo etch fret, it contains mostly chocks for the boats to sit on and a few parts for some boats.
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Also included is a drilling guide so hole placement is accurate when you drill holes for the chocks on deck.
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A sample of the instruction sheet, they are nice a detailed, show all parts and how to use the drilling guide and show paints to use in the Tamiya color range.
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I feel the set is pretty good and fairly complete, if desired, the modeler will have to add the small details to the boats such as rails, props and masts. No decals are included.

Boats included in the set:
Sampans, 6 meter x 2 each
8 m x 2 each

Cutters, 7 meter x 2 each
9 m x 4 each

Motor Launches, 7.5 meter x 4 each
8 m x 2 each
11 m x 2 each
12 m x 4 each
15 m x 2 each
17 m x 2 each

Special landing craft 13 meter x 2 each

6 sets of left and right handed oars, 30 davits of 3 types.

The set looks very nice and will help enhance (IMHO) the 1/350th scale kit of Nagara I am building.
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Re: WWII Japanese Navy Utility Boat Set 1/350 scale

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Thx for posting. I'm curious how it compares to some of the other 1/350 boat sets. Even though Tamiya always seems to at the head of the pack, it seems that we can take nothing for granted these days.
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Re: WWII Japanese Navy Utility Boat Set 1/350 scale

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I am especially surprised and disappointed at the two prominent knock-out pin marks visible on the boat in the first close-up picture.
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Re: WWII Japanese Navy Utility Boat Set 1/350 scale

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:heh:
I am especially surprised and disappointed at the two prominent knock-out pin marks visible on the boat in the first close-up picture.
I didn't notice the ejection pin marks until I posted the pictures here!
I guess a coil of rope to cover them will be needed....
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Re: WWII Japanese Navy Utility Boat Set 1/350 scale

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These and the Hasegawa boats are the best from the big names. I only use these two on my 350 ships. I give the sprues away that come from the others.
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Re: WWII Japanese Navy Utility Boat Set 1/350 scale

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The installation templates are a nice touch.

But the ejector pin marks will be very hard to remove and are very visible. Sure you can disguise them with something on top, but this kinda missed the point of a specialist set like this. For this reason I think this set is a FAIL.

Too bad.
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Re: WWII Japanese Navy Utility Boat Set 1/350 scale

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Timmy C wrote:I am especially surprised and disappointed at the two prominent knock-out pin marks visible on the boat in the first close-up picture.
Agreed - That's the first thing I noticed. Looks like the ejector pins seriously mar an otherwise excellent set.
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Re: WWII Japanese Navy Utility Boat Set 1/350 scale

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Also a bit pricey for what you get. :wave_1:
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