Discussion
Eric Mc said:
That's the danger with "colourisation". Unless you are a model geek, it's likely the colours won't be accurate. However, I built the nice little 1/76 Airfix Matilda a couple of years ago and, using the colour details given, it looks like this - not too different to the photo.
The tank colourisation is OK.....the crew's kit and uniforms however, are not.
Eric Mc said:
aeropilot said:
The tank colourisation is OK.....the crew's kit and uniforms however, are not.
What should the clothing look like?
Colour does add a human touch which makes them seem more relevant to today, whether its accurate or not.
That pic made me realise how normal my grandad would have appeared when he was in North Africa at his age at that time. Later captured by the Italians, only to escape and ended up hiking over the Alps and into internment in Switzerland, which was not much better than the POW camp apparently.
That pic made me realise how normal my grandad would have appeared when he was in North Africa at his age at that time. Later captured by the Italians, only to escape and ended up hiking over the Alps and into internment in Switzerland, which was not much better than the POW camp apparently.
Maybe someone just used this - https://colourise.sg
I've used it for bringing old family photos to life.
I've used it for bringing old family photos to life.
Crossflow Kid said:
By taking colour samples from surviving/preserved uniforms of the era and other relevant artefacts in various museums and collections?
Ditto the soundtrack.
That would help but time takes its toll on materials and colours change. I am sure Jackson did his best. He's a keen scale model builder after all. He even has his own fantastic model kit company (Wingnut Wings) so he has that scale modeller eye for detail and correctness. Many other colourised films etc are very sloppily done.Ditto the soundtrack.
One thing you CAN'T rely on are colour photos or film taken in period. How colour gets recorded on different types of film or video can be very misleading.
I agree completely about the hand-tinted photos. Not quite so much with the in period colour photos, although you are right. But they at least show what colours things were, and by reference to things like skin tone, foliage and so on we can get a fairly good idea of how far out of balance the colours are. Take this pic of a Kittyhawk pilot, which I grabbed for my '24 hour build' (which is heading towards two years or whatever 
) I think it's as good a benchmark as any when determining what was what, colour-wise.
) I think it's as good a benchmark as any when determining what was what, colour-wise.Real Matilda II for sale for £170,000 - http://www.milweb.net/webvert/a4129/96706
Ps. Or for 15k less a Leopard 1. - https://www.milweb.net/webvert/a4352/97340
The agony of choice.
Ps. Or for 15k less a Leopard 1. - https://www.milweb.net/webvert/a4352/97340
The agony of choice.
Yertis said:
I agree completely about the hand-tinted photos. Not quite so much with the in period colour photos, although you are right. But they at least show what colours things were, and by reference to things like skin tone, foliage and so on we can get a fairly good idea of how far out of balance the colours are. Take this pic of a Kittyhawk pilot, which I grabbed for my '24 hour build' (which is heading towards two years or whatever ) I think it's as good a benchmark as any when determining what was what, colour-wise.
) I think it's as good a benchmark as any when determining what was what, colour-wise.
Period Kodachrome or Agfa colour pictures from WW2 are a rare treat.
This lovely shot of Boeing B-17F-5-BO Flying Fortress s/n 41-24419 "Honey Chile II" of the 97th Bomb Group was taken in England in Autumn 1942. The aircraft was destroyed on the ground during a Ju88 air raid on its then base of Briskra, North Africa on 10 January 1943.
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