February 15, 2013February 25, 20131950s, Rolf Klep, Ships Oceanliner Cristoforo Columbo Cutaway, 1955 Behold, in all its gigantic 2500 x 1060 px glory, the oceanliner Cristoforo Columbo from 1955. This 29,100 ton Italian Line ship […]
February 15, 2013February 25, 20131950s, Aircraft, Rolf Klep Super-G Constellation Cutway, 1955 A fine cutway from 1955 by famed illustrator Rolf Klep, of a Super-G Constellation. This is actually part of an amazing double-spread […]
February 15, 2013February 25, 20131940s, Aircraft, Rolf Klep Consolidated Vultee Clipper (PanAm) Cutaway, 1945 I’m not certain when this Rolf Klep cutaway was produced, but the magazine text mentions that V-E Day was upcoming, so I’ll […]
February 15, 2013February 20, 2013Illustrators, Rolf Klep Rolf Klep: Crack Cutaway Illustrator One great technical illustrator who produced many great cutaway drawings was Rolf Klep. Klep was born in 1904 in the great shipping […]
February 15, 2013February 25, 20131950s, Scientific Facilities Atomic Submarine Engine Testing Sphere Cutaway, 1952 This cutaway, drawn by Rolf Klep in 1952, is of a $2 million, 225 foot diameter steel hull built in Schenectady, NY. […]
February 15, 2013May 26, 20171930s, Themeparks New York World’s Fair 1939 Perisphere and Trylon Cutaway The symbol and centerpiece of the 1939 New York World’s Fair was its combination trylon and perisphere. The trylon was a 610 […]
February 14, 2013May 26, 20172010s, Secret Spaces, Themeparks Disneyland Matterhorn Cutaway, 2012 A nice, recent cutaway drawing of the Matterhorn at the Anaheim, CA Disneyland. This graphic, from the February 8, 2012, Orange County […]
February 14, 2013February 25, 20131940s, Aircraft British RAF Typhoon Fighter Cutaway Drawing, 1944 The RAF’s Typhoon was termed an “Engine With Wings” by Popular Science because of its 2,200 horsepower, 24 cylinder power plant–a […]
February 14, 2013February 25, 20131940s, Aircraft British R.A.F. Mosquito Cutaway Drawing, 1943 The R.A.F. Mosquito was a zippy, nimble aircraft, its fuselage built of plywood on a balsa wood core and its wings […]
February 14, 2013February 19, 20131970s, Houses Solar Home Cutaway Drawing, 1979 Cut This is a circa 1979 cutaway drawing of a solar-heated home in Falmouth, Massachusetts. That part of Massachusetts has a 6,000 […]