Zao
10-20-2004, 09:41 AM
Ok, my camera is the very definition of "teh suck," so bear with me. I pretty much have to take any picture outside, and I live in an apartment and posing a battle rifle on the steps by the parking lot makes the other tenants very nervous to say the least. The color is usually off, and the flash bleaches everything out badly, so I'll note pictures that are particularly good and true to color. I'll take requests, and will do everything I can to get to you pro modellers and skinners everything you could want for reference pics of the M1 rifle.
SOME OF THESE PICS ARE HUGE. 56KER'S HAVE BEEN WARNED.
If my pic hosting goes down (and it will, eventually) then visit
my photo album that I can't direct link pics from. (http://www.mos-squad.com/forums/album_personal.php?user_id=94)
I'm not sure if you have to register to see the albums or not. Until that time arrives, I'll upload them to a fileserver for fast linking.
Ok, here goes:
These pics are from before I started refinishing the stock, which was was finished with several coats of polyurethane (this is a major no-no). So the wood is shiny, and should not be.
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/20040303_001.jpg
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/20040303_002.jpg
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/20040303_003.jpg
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/20040303_004.jpg
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/20040303_012.jpg
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/20040303_013.jpg
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/20040303_014.jpg
These pics are from when I had sanded all the stock parts down to bare wood. The color on these pics is just about perfectly true, except obvious the wood is darker now that I've stained it and sealed it.
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/m1_sanded005.jpg
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/m1_sanded006.jpg
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/m1_sanded007.jpg
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/m1_sanded008.jpg
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/m1_sanded014.jpg
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/m1_sanded015.jpg
Things to note: My rifle has insane pitting on it, year's and year's worth. You wouldn't want to skin that onto a model that is trying to look like a new-issue weapon. It also has mis-matched hanguards. The rear handguard is beech, I think, which was not used during WW2. I'll be damned if the front handguard is walnut, but it looks ok. The buttstock is walnut, and has a nice grain to it with plenty of stuff for skinners to work with.
These pics are from this morning, and are poor quality. Shown with the rifle are a loaded and empty clip for reference. If/when modelling/skinning from these pics, remember to account for flash and.... ugly carpeting. By now, the wood has been sanded, and has had about 4 coats of boiled linseed oil, which was used to finish and seal stocks during the war, along with tung oil. So in other words, it's getting there, but is not completely finished. The only stock part on this rifle that's close to GI issue appearance is the buttstock. The hanguards are post-war.
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/garand_pics_1_004.jpg
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/garand_pics_1_006.jpg
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/garand_pics_1_007.jpg
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/garand_pics_1_010.jpg
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/garand_pics_1_019.jpg
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/garand_pics_2_001.jpg
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/garand_pics_2_003.jpg
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/garand_pics_2_004.jpg
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/garand_pics_2_005.jpg
Do not, I repeat DO NOT use the color of the metal in these pics as a reference to what wartime USGI parkerizing looks like. Mine's been reparkerized at least once post-war, and I plan to have it reparkerized this winter and bring it back to USGI WW2 issue appearance. To see what a real, as-issued condition, war-time rifle looks like, smaller and better detailed pics can be found here:
http://www.civilianmarksmanship.com/nomenclature.html.
There's also a wealth of information there for anyone just wanting to know about Garands, and also how to buy them directly from the government for peanuts.
There. 22 pics to start you guys off. I'll try my best to fulfill any requests, and will answer any questions you might have to the best of my knowledge. Have at it ;)
-Edit- The ammo loaded in the clips is USGI M2 Ball, which is what was used during the war. Feel free to use that as an exact historical ref. I will also keep adding to these pics as I come across stuff.
New addition:
Two clips attatched to the sling.
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/sling_clip_pics007.jpg
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/sling_clip_pics008.jpg
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/sling_clip_pics009.jpg
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/sling_clip_pics010.jpg
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/sling_clip_pics011.jpg
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/sling_clip_pics012.jpg
I'm going to start adding good websites with good pics.
http://www.garandguy.com/ --- Lots of wartime finish pics. Reciever heels, mostly.
SOME OF THESE PICS ARE HUGE. 56KER'S HAVE BEEN WARNED.
If my pic hosting goes down (and it will, eventually) then visit
my photo album that I can't direct link pics from. (http://www.mos-squad.com/forums/album_personal.php?user_id=94)
I'm not sure if you have to register to see the albums or not. Until that time arrives, I'll upload them to a fileserver for fast linking.
Ok, here goes:
These pics are from before I started refinishing the stock, which was was finished with several coats of polyurethane (this is a major no-no). So the wood is shiny, and should not be.
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/20040303_001.jpg
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/20040303_002.jpg
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/20040303_003.jpg
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/20040303_004.jpg
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/20040303_012.jpg
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/20040303_013.jpg
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/20040303_014.jpg
These pics are from when I had sanded all the stock parts down to bare wood. The color on these pics is just about perfectly true, except obvious the wood is darker now that I've stained it and sealed it.
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/m1_sanded005.jpg
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/m1_sanded006.jpg
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/m1_sanded007.jpg
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/m1_sanded008.jpg
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/m1_sanded014.jpg
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/m1_sanded015.jpg
Things to note: My rifle has insane pitting on it, year's and year's worth. You wouldn't want to skin that onto a model that is trying to look like a new-issue weapon. It also has mis-matched hanguards. The rear handguard is beech, I think, which was not used during WW2. I'll be damned if the front handguard is walnut, but it looks ok. The buttstock is walnut, and has a nice grain to it with plenty of stuff for skinners to work with.
These pics are from this morning, and are poor quality. Shown with the rifle are a loaded and empty clip for reference. If/when modelling/skinning from these pics, remember to account for flash and.... ugly carpeting. By now, the wood has been sanded, and has had about 4 coats of boiled linseed oil, which was used to finish and seal stocks during the war, along with tung oil. So in other words, it's getting there, but is not completely finished. The only stock part on this rifle that's close to GI issue appearance is the buttstock. The hanguards are post-war.
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/garand_pics_1_004.jpg
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/garand_pics_1_006.jpg
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/garand_pics_1_007.jpg
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/garand_pics_1_010.jpg
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/garand_pics_1_019.jpg
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/garand_pics_2_001.jpg
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/garand_pics_2_003.jpg
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/garand_pics_2_004.jpg
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/garand_pics_2_005.jpg
Do not, I repeat DO NOT use the color of the metal in these pics as a reference to what wartime USGI parkerizing looks like. Mine's been reparkerized at least once post-war, and I plan to have it reparkerized this winter and bring it back to USGI WW2 issue appearance. To see what a real, as-issued condition, war-time rifle looks like, smaller and better detailed pics can be found here:
http://www.civilianmarksmanship.com/nomenclature.html.
There's also a wealth of information there for anyone just wanting to know about Garands, and also how to buy them directly from the government for peanuts.
There. 22 pics to start you guys off. I'll try my best to fulfill any requests, and will answer any questions you might have to the best of my knowledge. Have at it ;)
-Edit- The ammo loaded in the clips is USGI M2 Ball, which is what was used during the war. Feel free to use that as an exact historical ref. I will also keep adding to these pics as I come across stuff.
New addition:
Two clips attatched to the sling.
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/sling_clip_pics007.jpg
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/sling_clip_pics008.jpg
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/sling_clip_pics009.jpg
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/sling_clip_pics010.jpg
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/sling_clip_pics011.jpg
http://www.freeupload.net/users/uploads/sling_clip_pics012.jpg
I'm going to start adding good websites with good pics.
http://www.garandguy.com/ --- Lots of wartime finish pics. Reciever heels, mostly.