Looking for Templates of Blank Spec Sheets to Document Markings

[BergerBoy]

I'm just getting started in collecting, and am enjoying learning all about my newly acquired CE 43.
All the numbers and symbols are very interesting and a bit overwhelming.
I'm getting pretty caught-up in the history part of my new hobby, as I've always been a WWII buff.

What I'm looking for is for some way to catalog all the markings and conditions of the components on the 98k.
Has someone developed a blank "spec sheet" 1-pager, that has some graphics of the receiver, bolt, barrel, floor plate, butt plate, stock, etc etc, to be able to make notes capturing all the markings found?
I started to sketch one up, but thought this had to be something that someone's already created.
Would be really cool to have several sections, each for the key areas of the rifle where markings are found, like the list above.
And then a cut&paste library of symbols (Wafenamt's, War eagles, serial numbers, suffixes, etc) to insert in the exact spot where found on each rifle being catalog'd.
End result would be a precise 1-pager "pedigree" of the rifle, to be entered into a journal along with photos, place of purchase, price, any other history learned along the way, etc, etc.

Fear I'm getting sucked into this pretty deep and pretty fast, but I don't think I'm alone in that regard!

Any input would be appreciated.

 

[mrfarb]

Here is a copy of the data sheet we are using in the book.

 

[BergerBoy]

Here is a copy of the data sheet we are using in the book.

That looks like a good spec sheet.
I was also thinking of a graphic representation.
One with a blank graphic each of the receiver, barrel, etc.
And you could paste symbols into each in the correct spot to be able to duplicate the rifles markings electronically.
Serial numbers, Wafenamt's, other letters and number symbols, etc.
Anything like that exist?

 

[mrfarb]

I added a page with a few images for drawing the markings you see.

 

[BergerBoy]

I added a page with a few images for drawing the markings you see.

Thanks again MrFarb
Those graphics are exactly what I was picturing. Anything available for the rest of the rifle? Stock sections, barrel bands, floor plate, etc?

Would be great now, to have a set of symbols available (like in Windows programs) that would be a library of what markings one would encounter on 98K's, like the war eagles and Wafenamt's, and associated numbers.
This would enable the owner to fully catalog their weapon with all the markings, electronically.

BTW - I jumped to the Kriegsmodell site from the link on your postings, and those few sample pages are amazing in their detail.

 

[mrfarb]

Nothing more at this time. It would probably do well to make a data sheet with graphics- what I have found though is there is not substitute for actual photographs of a rifle on file. I keep folders full of pics for reference- many times a lot of the nuance is lost in hand drawn images, and even bad artistic ability can cause confusion! This is one reason we have the Pic database:
http://www.k98kforum.com/showthread.php?45-Picture-Reference-Index