Idea for reference compolation file.

Why hasn't any body jumped on this ?!  Sounds like a great idea to me !

Or...  I had just thought to myself, why doesn't the forum have a Gallery section, for reference material and/ or members work ?

I'm a motorcycle/ aircraft guy myself, and I have (just checked) 1.48 GB ; 5,060 pics related to motorcycles alone !

If anybody is looking for something, ask and I'll see what I can do for you ! 

Thats a realy good idea I don't have meny refrance pic so this would be realy helpfull.

I dont really have that many pics I have taken myself, however I do have stuff on specific A/C that I have scoured the WWW for when building. I suppose we all have the same sort of collections. You know when you are doing a kit & there are always the same areas which arn't covered clearly anywhere, details, landing gear............. I assume that in general terms these are the most usefull to us.

How does copyright work here though?

By section is a good idea. Even subsections to include such topics as drawings/sketches used in making  conversions or corrections, tools, even hobby rooms/shops. This is what I have done. I have a folder called Modeling containing separate folders for AC, ships, armor, Tips and Techniques, etc. Each of these has subfolders for drawings, detail photos, etc.

Jim

would this include pictures of fellow modelers works as ref material?

btw  are you working on your thoughts here

I have no idea what it would take to get this done on this forum/ website...

This is what I think would work well for what we're alking about : http://www.hiroboy.com/gallery/ 

(EDIT-  The Hiroboy gallery seems to be cranky, it was working when I coppied the link to paste it in this entry, but now it wont load; I guess try it later if it doesn't work when you try it.)

Plenty of sections and subsections could be created, it looks fairly cutomizable, and if you browse around it, there are some fairly large files on there.

As  Milairjunkie said, and it applies to me also, we all have images saved from the web, so, regarding the copyright issue, I would think as long as we don't alter the images or try to generate/ recieve any money from their use, I would think we'd be in the clear, but I'm not a lawyer...

 Speaking of reference material !  For all the aircraft builders out there, HOLY COW, look at this link : http://www.af.mil/photos/index.asp?galleryID=2  Be sure to notice in the column on the right, under Aircraft, there are listings for all types, then pick your craft, say, F-15, there are about 31 pages, each with approx. 15 images, all available to be downloaded, (from the USAF) most of which are VERY large sized and good resolution.   For example : F-15  (3000 x 1996 pix)

That's my 2 cents for now, time to sit at the work bench !

Came across another fine example of what could be done in terms of a photo reference / gallery

Check out the gallery section at Silicon Valley Scale Modelers Website 

I know the website has a photo gallery, but nowhere near this extensive.

Anybody have an idea how to get this ball rolling, or is anyone even interested ?

Well, it's a good idea. i dont beleive copy rights will be infringed as long as this is used strickly for non-profit purposes. Ebay is a huge site using photos from all kinds of sources and they seem to have no problems. Im sure this is a safe bet with this idea.

I have a few things. Nothing that i have taken but things I have collected. Let me know what you want done with the files.

The idea is indeed good..  I got alot of photos from WWII neatly sorted out..  Per nation->theater->branch->division. And then some aditional info in the filename, or a seperate textfile..

I tend to place them more and more in Nation->vehicels now though...