Do You Keep Pictures For Future Builds?

[oldcarfan]

My wife has been on me to purge my phone of some of the 2000+ unused screen shot pictures I've saved. While clearing some out it made me wonder if I'm the only one who does this.

As for the subjects I actually went so far as to buy a Fast and Furious Gladiator to do the camper and I have a Tamiya Grand Cherokee waiting to someday be made into this offroader. I really love the Mayflower van because it looks like one of the transporters Ferrari used to use in the 50s.

If you're in the mood, play along and post up some inspiration pictures you've saved. 

[stitchdup]

only 2000 pics? the laptop i'm using just now has 188 gig of pics or 182,428 pics and i have 2 terrabyte hard drives of pics as well. most are sorted by brand but ones i have a kit of get their own folder. its a leftover from sitting on a boat for 12 hours, lol. 

[Fat Brian]

Yes, I keep many pics. Some are for inspiration and others are reference pics of parts or assemblies I need to find or build.

[thatz4u]

Always keep pix for research, reference, & rechecking build progress

[johnyrotten]

I have 2-3 different cars photos saved,and around 60 photos printed in a folder for reference on something I want to build very accurately. There's one car from my youth i can still get in person pics of, that one's on the list as well.So yes, I save references for future builds 

Edited Thursday at 05:31 PM by johnyrotten

[LDO]

6 hours ago, oldcarfan said:

My wife has been on me to purge my phone of some of the 2000+ unused screen shot pictures I've saved. While clearing some out it made me wonder if I'm the only one who does this.

As for the subjects I actually went so far as to buy a Fast and Furious Gladiator to do the camper and I have a Tamiya Grand Cherokee waiting to someday be made into this offroader. I really love the Mayflower van because it looks like one of the transporters Ferrari used to use in the 50s.

If you're in the mood, play along and post up some inspiration pictures you've saved. 

I like the Fugazzi F40

[RancheroSteve]

I realize a lot of people do everything on a phone these days, but for me it's folders within folders on a computer, all organized by type of vehicle in a logic that makes sense to me, at least. I got in the habit in the early digital photo days of labeling every photo, which makes searching much easier. When I'm ready to start a build, I'll pull a folder out and park it on the desktop, maybe search for additional reference or inspiration. Just as in the physical world, if you can't find something, you may as well not have it.

[iamsuperdan]

For just about every kit I have, I've saved some pics for inspiration. Sometimes it's of an actual vehicle so I can get the colours and details right. Sometimes it's because I like the colour combo, or it has the right wheels, or it's just got a cool look.

 

Here's a few.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[charger74]

I also have lots of screen shots on my phone. I also have an image galery called future projects where I store my pictures on postimage

[Ace-Garageguy]

I have thousands on my desktop for reference or inspiration, and sometimes I'll just let them shuffle while I listen to music.

Much better entertainment than a lot of what's out there.

[NOBLNG]

Absolutely. I save inspirational photos that I come across. Pinterest is a great source. Some custom stuff is even A.I. generated, but looks really cool. If the source won’t let me save the photos directly I will take a screen shot, then use “edit” to crop out all the unwanted parts.

[gtx6970]

short answer

 

Absolutely.  

[espo]

Having been a long-time subscriber to several automotive based magazines, I have often saved the pictures and stories on the ones I liked. I have 6 good sized ring binders full of inspirations for future ideas for builds. Sadly, almost all of such publications are no longer being issued. 

[MeatMan]

Sure do!!

[Russell C]

Got assorted folders on my computer of spiffy pics I've saved for potential model projects. Example is my "Finvettes" folder - in one eBay auction I saw where a modeler was headed with what looked like a Plymouth Fury fins appearance. Meanwhile, stealing one of the above pics (A.I.-generated, most likely) to put in my folder, but trained graphic artist that I am, I did some subtle alterations to it. '59 De Soto fins 'hoods' in the A.I. image with perhaps '58 Impala front turn signals with swapped in red flatter lenses? Might be doable. The '50s Mercedes wheel opening eyebrow is an interesting idea, I added one over the front. 

[FoMoCo66]

Who doesn't, I also have pics of cars that I've taken at car shows that I would love to replicate.