Model and Diorama Reference pictures and websites...

[wappynutter]

SORRY IF THIS SITE IS COMMON KNOWLEDGE!!

Okay so i have, while surfing the net for Matilda II Diorama inspiration, stumbled upon a website/forum that is crammed to the maximum with old pictures and images from all theaters, most wars and all nations..
You can register to the site but i was only interested in looking through the huge collection of images!!

I found the first section called Bundesarchive Photos 1933 - 1945..+ all fields of WWII absolutely fascinating!!
408 pages of real images from WW2, some are a little brutal showing fallen or injured troops but i was more interested in the vehicles and the diorama potentials..
If this type of image database is of interest to you guys too then take a look over at...

http://histomil.com/index.php

I have added this post in the modelling chat forum as i noticed there is no Image/website reference forum in the reference section.
Some forums do a links page to specific websites and such like. I wonder if we should have something similar to add good reference sites too??

Hope some of you find inspiration among the many, many pages.... WW1 images too!!
Happy Modelling..

[hook1169]

Thanks Buddy. I was not aware of this site. Pretty cool stuffz here!

[wappynutter]

Okay so a couple more reference sites and these are for uniforms.
I thought some of you may find these interesting when trying to find the colour or style worn by different nations.

The first shows images of uniforms along with a description then lists the Vallejo colours for the uniform parts.
Nothing on this link is credited to me and i make no claims to anything published here...
The site is millitary modelling and the guy posting is a Garry Wild and was written by him in January 2009...

http://www.militarymodelling.com/forums ... =23796&p=1

The next site is a blog and it lists all uniforms, all nations, in alphabetical order with pictures and above each is the era, campaign, regiment the uniform refers to..
Again i have no link or claim to anything written here..
The blog is Stukas over stalingrad and the headings also list weapons, equipment, armour, aircraft..

http://stukasoverstalingrad.blogspot.co ... rms-z.html


Hope some of you find these interesting.
Happy modelling !!

[RobertK]

Wow, talk about getting inspiration from histomil! There are TONS of material just on that site. Thanks for sharing this with us

[RobertK]

While searching some of the captions from some of the images from histomil.com I found this site. http://ppsh-41.com/ it looks it have similiar material but a bit easier and faster to navigate.

[wappynutter]

Wow, talk about getting inspiration from histomil! There are TONS of material just on that site. Thanks for sharing this with us

Yeah its image overload, like you said though a little slow to load sometimes.
I never realised just how much photography took place, and of such harrowing and distressing scenes.. God bless them all!!

[Panzerwolf]

Thanks for all the information!
I've been browsing the Bundesarchiv for months now, so many images, from touching to stunning...
I like that it's completely public and open for everyone.