Tolga ULGUR Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 Hello everyone, This is 1/32 Spitfire Mk.XII with the markings of EB-B MB882 from No.41 sqn RAF Tangmere, Sussex England in October 1943 The base kit is Hasegawa Spitfire MkVb. I have used Paragon Spitfire Mk.XII conversion set with Warbird universal resin C wings Other additions used in this Project are as follows: - Eduard instrument panels and seat belts - Barracudacast resin seat - Barracudacast Spitfire cockpit parts - Grey Matter Spitfire ventral lower wing part - Grey Matter main wheels - Master Details horizontal tails - Barracudacast pilot Access door - Archer fine Transfer surface details fasteners - SAC landing legs Paints are Gunze and Tamiya acrylics Roundels are from spare parts of DK decals. Customized Fuselage codes ( EB-B) are from Customhobbydecals Australia. Serial numbers and letters (MB882) are from Xtradecal. Cockpit mirror, beam approach antenna, ventral tank and its hooks are from Tamiya spare parts. Happy modelling 48 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 Brilliant job on that conversion! Now that is a true rara avis - a Spitfire Mk.XII in 1/32nd scale! Best Regards, Jason 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolga ULGUR Posted November 28, 2022 Author Share Posted November 28, 2022 11 hours ago, Learstang said: Brilliant job on that conversion! Now that is a true rara avis - a Spitfire Mk.XII in 1/32nd scale! Best Regards, Jason Thanks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 excellent work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolga ULGUR Posted November 28, 2022 Author Share Posted November 28, 2022 6 hours ago, mick said: excellent work Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeusa Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Wow. Simply just Wow. Your hard work and extras you added give this kit some pizzazz. And with the door open and canopy open, your hard work on the inside can still be seen and appreciated in person rather than just through the photos you took while building. Thanks for sharing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith in the uk Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Fantastic just so happens i have this conversion in the stash , i feel another MK . XII coming on. 😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winded Penguin Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Any griffon-engined Spit is 😊 Great job on the conversion, and you've gone for selective panel lines which are restrained and natural. I like it alot 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Klaatu Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Really nice build! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maginot Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 yes, a bit different. Very nicely modelled. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolga ULGUR Posted November 29, 2022 Author Share Posted November 29, 2022 23 hours ago, georgeusa said: Wow. Simply just Wow. Your hard work and extras you added give this kit some pizzazz. And with the door open and canopy open, your hard work on the inside can still be seen and appreciated in person rather than just through the photos you took while building. Thanks for sharing. 21 hours ago, keith in the uk said: Fantastic just so happens i have this conversion in the stash , i feel another MK . XII coming on. 😉 19 hours ago, Winded Penguin said: Any griffon-engined Spit is 😊 Great job on the conversion, and you've gone for selective panel lines which are restrained and natural. I like it alot 👍 19 hours ago, Dave Klaatu said: Really nice build! 7 hours ago, Maginot said: yes, a bit different. Very nicely modelled. Thanks for your comments, appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Beautiful model, with a great finish and just the right (IMHO) level of weathering! Not to rain on your parade, but are you quite sure that the prop blades aren't turned 180°? It's a bit difficult to see in the photos, but anyway, the straighter edge should be the leading one. Top notch modelling! Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitfire Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Beautiful job on what is a favourite Spitfire mark of mine, I built the same combination of kit and conversion kit years ago but would snap up another one if Tamiya came out with one. The Mark XII combines the lines of the earlier Merlin versions with that powerful Griffon engine up front. Cheers Dennis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham T Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Really nice job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolga ULGUR Posted November 30, 2022 Author Share Posted November 30, 2022 2 hours ago, Spitfire31 said: Beautiful model, with a great finish and just the right (IMHO) level of weathering! Not to rain on your parade, but are you quite sure that the prop blades aren't turned 180°? It's a bit difficult to see in the photos, but anyway, the straighter edge should be the leading one. Top notch modelling! Kind regards, Joachim Thanks a lot Joachim For the propeller; Griffon engines propellers were turning clockwise. So the direction of the propellers is correct. Cheers 1 hour ago, spitfire said: Beautiful job on what is a favourite Spitfire mark of mine, I built the same combination of kit and conversion kit years ago but would snap up another one if Tamiya came out with one. The Mark XII combines the lines of the earlier Merlin versions with that powerful Griffon engine up front. Cheers Dennis 48 minutes ago, Graham T said: Really nice job! Thanks for your comments. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 3 hours ago, Tolga ULGUR said: Thanks a lot Joachim For the propeller; Griffon engines propellers were turning clockwise. So the direction of the propellers is correct. Cheers Thanks for your comments. Hello Tolga, I didn't express myself clearly enough (and incidentally, I'm quite familiar with the Griffon engine and the Rotol prop, we have one of each in the F11 Museum at Nyköping in Sweden, where the F 11 Wing flew the PR Mk XIX between 1948 and 1955). Your Rotol propeller is certainly turning in the right direction – that isn't the issue. What I'm referring to is that I suspect that your individual prop blades are turned back-to-front, e.g. 180 degrees, so that the more curved edge has become the leading edge, whereas in reality the straighter edge should be the leading edge. That is quite clear from the two b/w photos that you posted. Hope this makes my comment clearer. Whatever, you have created a beautiful model! Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolga ULGUR Posted November 30, 2022 Author Share Posted November 30, 2022 41 minutes ago, Spitfire31 said: Hello Tolga, I didn't express myself clearly enough (and incidentally, I'm quite familiar with the Griffon engine and the Rotol prop, we have one of each in the F11 Museum at Nyköping in Sweden, where the F 11 Wing flew the PR Mk XIX between 1948 and 1955). Your Rotol propeller is certainly turning in the right direction – that isn't the issue. What I'm referring to is that I suspect that your individual prop blades are turned back-to-front, e.g. 180 degrees, so that the more curved edge has become the leading edge, whereas in reality the straighter edge should be the leading edge. That is quite clear from the two b/w photos that you posted. Hope this makes my comment clearer. Whatever, you have created a beautiful model! Kind regards, Joachim Thanks Joachim I got it. I will try to correct them. I think it needs to be reversed Thanks for the warning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolga ULGUR Posted December 8, 2022 Author Share Posted December 8, 2022 The direction of the propeller blades corrected. Here they are: 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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