I need 1:18 maps of WWII Europe
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I need 1:18 maps of WWII Europe
Do you guys have any that I can down load and print out?
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Here's what I've done to make approximately 1:18 scale maps:
You can do a Google image search for a European map, or a map of the specific battle or region that you want. When you find one that looks suitable, copy just the thumbnail image. Print that image with maximum quality and cut it out from the paper. The map will be small, but sized well for 1:18. Also, remember there were many different types of maps used, some in color, some in black & white, etc.
In my experience, this trick has worked quite well! You could also print the full-sized image and scale it down, but copying and printing the thumbnail image is easier, I think.
Here's a few thumbnail maps you could try copying & printing of Europe as a whole, plus some more detailed regional areas

These may not be of the specific areas you requested, as I was working on this message before you made your post. Hope this helps nonetheless
You can do a Google image search for a European map, or a map of the specific battle or region that you want. When you find one that looks suitable, copy just the thumbnail image. Print that image with maximum quality and cut it out from the paper. The map will be small, but sized well for 1:18. Also, remember there were many different types of maps used, some in color, some in black & white, etc.
In my experience, this trick has worked quite well! You could also print the full-sized image and scale it down, but copying and printing the thumbnail image is easier, I think.
Here's a few thumbnail maps you could try copying & printing of Europe as a whole, plus some more detailed regional areas











These may not be of the specific areas you requested, as I was working on this message before you made your post. Hope this helps nonetheless

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Here's a 1/6th one that I did a long time ago (I think it was for the Normandy region), the text is only globally-gook but even at 1/6th scale in is barely readable, so if you scale it down even further to 1/18th it should be even less so.
It’s not much I’ll admit but here you go anyway.

Here's a 1/6th one that I did a long time ago (I think it was for the Normandy region), the text is only globally-gook but even at 1/6th scale in is barely readable, so if you scale it down even further to 1/18th it should be even less so.
It’s not much I’ll admit but here you go anyway.

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Thanks I will print them out as soon as i get the bugs worked out of my printer.tmanthegreat wrote:Here's what I've done to make approximately 1:18 scale maps:
You can do a Google image search for a European map, or a map of the specific battle or region that you want. When you find one that looks suitable, copy just the thumbnail image. Print that image with maximum quality and cut it out from the paper. The map will be small, but sized well for 1:18. Also, remember there were many different types of maps used, some in color, some in black & white, etc.
In my experience, this trick has worked quite well! You could also print the full-sized image and scale it down, but copying and printing the thumbnail image is easier, I think.
Here's a few thumbnail maps you could try copying & printing of Europe as a whole, plus some more detailed regional areas
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here's a link to a whole heap of German Army Topo maps, however most seem to be from the east.
http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/digkonyv/topo/200e/
http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/digkonyv/topo/200e/
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Try these
http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/wwii/a ... /map15.jpg
http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/wwii/a ... /map25.jpg
http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/brochures/romar/map2.JPG
http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/wwii/salerno/map02.jpg
http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/wwii/a ... /map15.jpg
http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/wwii/a ... /map25.jpg
http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/brochures/romar/map2.JPG
http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/wwii/salerno/map02.jpg
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What you could do is you could print them out, and if you by any chance have a photocopier, then you could shrink it, or when you print it, you could choose the sampler option, and they make the pictures about 1/18 scale id say, its pretty hard to tell, and it fill the whole page full of them
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Using a photocopier will degrade the quality of the maps.MIGMADMAVIS wrote:What you could do is you could print them out, and if you by any chance have a photocopier, then you could shrink it, or when you print it, you could choose the sampler option, and they make the pictures about 1/18 scale id say, its pretty hard to tell, and it fill the whole page full of them
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Here is one for rome if you can find 30-41 I think you would have Anzio
http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/digkonyv/topo/200e/30-42.jpg
http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/digkonyv/topo/200e/30-42.jpg
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