Special Hobby and Airfix 1/48 scale Supermarine Spitfire Mk XII | REVIEW 

I remember the clear stands with models back in the 60’s

Excellent review young man! 👍🏻👌🏻👏🏻

You'll be happy to hear that Laminar Flow Designs have released a 3d printed Mk XII conversion set for the 1/32 Tamiya Spitfire

great vid and great attention to detail. Nice job

Great review sir...Cheers from America!

Thanks for the info.

Will be getting both then! 😉😆😂 Excellent review kiddo....👍🏻🤜🏻🤛🏻🍻

Just in the process of completing the Airfix XII that I've had in the stash since it was released. Been calling to me for a long time!!! Goes together great. Absolutely NO fit issues. Just a bit of cleanup on top of the cowl and fuse join lines. Cockpits a bit soft on the detail as you say, but you really are not going to see a lot when its all closed up. Really looks the part and a very satisfying build!. I did throw in a Eduard IX seat belt. Personally I like the simplicity over fit drama issues! Also miles better than their more recent tooling Mk XIV! (go figure!)

Good review mate, looking forward to progress reports when you get stuck in to these ones!

Hi - just found your channel (and subscribed of course). What a great review. I have just bought an Airfix MkXII (on ebay for surprisingly sensible money) and was looking at reviews. I would not have the patience (or the skills) to build the Special Hobby kit, for the very reasons you point out. I am impressed at how well the Airfix appears to fit. Harry Houdini recently did a 'dry build' of their MkXIV, which debunked the kit's many detractors. He pointed out that following the instructions will produce a perfect fit. I still use Humbrol acrylics, their larger pigmentation being useful for helping to fill in those panel lines. Incidentally, the Hornby/Humbrol paper-based paint chart includes conversion tables for several other paint brands including GW, Gunze, Xtracolour, Lifecolor, Vallejo, Revell, Tamiya, Testor plus FS and RLM. It is also possibly on their website. For those here in the UK (and elsewhere), Kingkit is a great second-hand retailer. He currently has four MkXIIs in stock, at a reasonable £24.99 each (plus P&P). Thanks again. I look forward to exploring your channel.

I’d beware of Special Hobby. I bought a kit that was missing a part. They wanted me to pay €25 for postage (as much as I bought the kit for) for the tiny bit important part that was missing. Their customer service is poor unfortunately.

Icm does a cheap spitfire with crew, great thing about it that it has a full engine, well 98% of a engine. Personally I don't like the spits overrated, all about the hurricane myself. I put that down to being British and have spits hailed as the pinnacle of Battle of Britain and rammed down our throats ... and we all know that ain't true. But as a machine it is beautiful

Good stuff Chris. I've had ago at SH's MkVc recently and that is really nice, not Tamiya nice but still a good kit. Seems the MkXII offers the same experience.

Why don't you use the extra flaps on the airfix kit for the special hobby kit?

You probably already know this but Special Hobby are not "shake and bake" kits, like Tamiya. Interesting perspective though.

If Eduard won't hesitate from releasing it's own Mk.XII it will sweep that two ones far miles away!

0:09 V-1 was NOT a rocket!

To be fair, I'd look at the prices as well. The best kit in the world is of limited use to those of us on a limited budget, even before you include the absolute b*tch of photo-etch.