Tolga ULGUR Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 (edited) Hello everyone, I've waited for years, hoping maybe one of the manufacturers will release a large scale Spitfire Mk.XII. The result is a big zero. Finally, I decided to start a surgery-intensive project with the after-market parts I had. I started this project a few weeks ago. However, the summer heat prevented me from bring this project to here the WIP section. The heat has decreased a bit for a few days and I decided to move this project here. Although most of the construction is already completed, I am posting the pictures I have. I hope Murphy doesn't send his fingers and I finish this project without ruining it. Edited November 26, 2022 by Tolga ULGUR Greg W, coogrfan, MikeC and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolga ULGUR Posted September 17, 2022 Author Share Posted September 17, 2022 (edited) The base kit is old Hasegawa Mk.Vb . Other after market products used are as follows. Some parts of Paragon conversion set Some parts of Grey Matter conversion set Warbird Universal Spitfire wings Eduard Interior set for seat belts and PE instrument panel Some parts of Barracudacast Spitfire interior set Barracudacast Spitfire seat Edited September 17, 2022 by Tolga ULGUR Greg W, Landrotten Highlander, Derek B and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolga ULGUR Posted September 17, 2022 Author Share Posted September 17, 2022 Out2gtcha, Borsos, coogrfan and 18 others 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.B. Andrus Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 To me, the most beautiful Spitfire. Look forward to the build progressing. Cheers, Damian Martinnfb, MikeC, Kagemusha and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 Love it! Tolga ULGUR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 Those are some agricultural gaps, good to see you getting past them. Already enjoying this project, the XII is such an underrated Spitfire variant. Matt MikeC and Tolga ULGUR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolga ULGUR Posted September 17, 2022 Author Share Posted September 17, 2022 2 hours ago, D.B. Andrus said: To me, the most beautiful Spitfire. Look forward to the build progressing. Cheers, Damian 1 hour ago, Out2gtcha said: Love it! 33 minutes ago, scvrobeson said: Those are some agricultural gaps, good to see you getting past them. Already enjoying this project, the XII is such an underrated Spitfire variant. Matt Thanks for your comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolga ULGUR Posted September 17, 2022 Author Share Posted September 17, 2022 I have some questions about fasteners. As you can see, the cowling fasteners of the EB-B are slightly different. There are shiny extensions on both sides. Archer fine has three different types in my set. The one on the far right is the classic one I used in my previous models. I would like to get your opinion on which ones to use in this project. Thank you Greg W, Kagemusha, Derek B and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nighthawk Calling 1 Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 8 minutes ago, Tolga ULGUR said: I have some questions about fasteners. As you can see, the cowling fasteners of the EB-B are slightly different. There are shiny extensions on both sides. Archer fine has three different types in my set. The one on the far right is the classic one I used in my previous models. I would like to get your opinion on which ones to use in this project. Thank you The shiny mark could be white paint, when the fastener is locked it should line up with the lines. This allow groundcrew to check they are locked from the ground. Tolga ULGUR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolga ULGUR Posted September 17, 2022 Author Share Posted September 17, 2022 7 minutes ago, Nighthawk Calling 1 said: The shiny mark could be white paint, when the fastener is locked it should line up with the lines. This allow groundcrew to check they are locked from the ground. Thanks a lot for the information, really much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 Great to see one of these being built, I built one years ago and had great fun with it. The XII is one of my favourite looking Spitfires, combining the raw power of the Griffon with the grace of the earlier Spitfire, well I think so anyway. This was my feeble attempt at this conversion from way back in 2008 I'm positive that you can do a better job and it will be nice to see you do it. The Paragon conversion sets are really good and I also built the VIII as there was no kit in 1/32 back in those days. https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/17142-spitfire-mk-xii/ Cheers Dennis scvrobeson, Rockie Yarwood, Nighthawk Calling 1 and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolga ULGUR Posted September 17, 2022 Author Share Posted September 17, 2022 Now I realized that this Mk.12 does not have a black headrest. I'll have to delete this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolga ULGUR Posted September 17, 2022 Author Share Posted September 17, 2022 1 minute ago, dennismcc said: Great to see one of these being built, I built one years ago and had great fun with it. The XII is one of my favourite looking Spitfires, combining the raw power of the Griffon with the grace of the earlier Spitfire, well I think so anyway. This was my feeble attempt at this conversion from way back in 2008 I'm positive that you can do a better job and it will be nice to see you do it. The Paragon conversion sets are really good and I also built the VIII as there was no kit in 1/32 back in those days. https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/17142-spitfire-mk-xii/ Cheers Dennis Thanks Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 Great work so far, Tolga! Kev Tolga ULGUR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolga ULGUR Posted September 18, 2022 Author Share Posted September 18, 2022 Some progress Oil cooler is from Hasegawa kit. Radiator is from Grey Matter set Wingtip clear parts are from Tamiya spare box I have used Tamiya s ventral tank. Fanes, LSP_Kevin, TAG and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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