I'm not familiar with either kit Dirk, but I have built plenty of Academy and Special Hobby kits in 1/72 and if these are similar, I think I'd go with the Academy. Special Hobby kits build up nice, but it's a lot more work and headache getting there being limited run kits. They might have somewhat more detail, but in 1/72nd scale I think the Academy kits have enough detail and are much easier to build. Save Special Hobby for those unusual subject that they cover that no one else does.