Ryu Ishikawa

★★★★★ Epoch making of industrial design history is now desktop size
Date posted : Monday, Jan 28 2019


Translated by Google Epoch making of industrial design history is now desktop size
The unique and beautiful design of the series of Japanese Navy cruisers starting from the Furutaka class, which was active during the war, and even the battleship Yamato is well known, but the origin was this "Yubari". .. If you put it side by side with the Nagara-class cruiser, which is also on sale from Tamiya, you can clearly see its advancedness while it was built at the same time (this Yubari was built by diverting the budget of the 4th Nagara-class cruiser). The result of the kit is Tamiya-like, and the details and ease of assembly are achieved by skillfully dividing the parts. It reproduces the appearance of strengthening anti-aircraft weapons during the war, and the design is a little broken, but this imbalance is also attractive. The omission method that matches the scale is wonderful, and even if it is assembled straight, it is a good kit that is neat and organized so that the included additional parts set is not necessary. Since the basic shape is solid, it is also a good material that can be increased in density as much as advanced modelers can put it in. Although the subject matter is a little minor, it is one of the best in the Waterline series, and it can be said that it is a good work suitable for an introduction to a ship model.

Original Japanese review
工業デザイン史のエポックメーキングが机上サイズに
　大戦中に活躍した、古鷹級から始まる一連の日本海軍巡洋艦、さらには戦艦大和に至るまでの独特で美しいデザインはよく知られておりますが、その原点となったのがこの「夕張」です。　同じく田宮から発売されている長良型巡洋艦と並べると、同時期の建造(長良型４番艦の予算を流用して建造されたのがこの夕張です)ながらその先進性がはっきりわかります。　キットの出来は田宮らしく、巧みな部品分割でディテールと組み立てやすさを両立させています。　戦時中に対空兵装を強化した姿を再現しており、多少デザインが崩れていますが、このアンバランスさがまた魅力的です。スケールに見合った省略の仕方がすばらしく、ストレートに組むとしても同梱の追加部品セットが必要ないほどすっきりとまとまった好キットです。　基本形がしっかりしているので、上級モデラーが手を入れれば入れるだけ密度を高められる好素材でもあります。題材としては多少マイナーですが、ウォーターラインシリーズの中でも屈指の出来であり、艦船模型の入門にもふさわしい良作と言えましょう。

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