(I'll assume you meant 15mm, not 12mm - metric are outside diameter, imperial are inside IIRC)
And for a followup, putting fittings on a pipe which has been expanded by frost.
(ans: get a solder fitting, press a suitably sized socket into it to make it larger. Maybe do this in a couple of stages)
(of course this won't work if 1/2" pipe is smaller - I don't know...)
cheers, clive