Astute Class Submarine Cutaway Drawing
This is a superb cutaway drawing of an Astute class submarine–British Royal Navy nuclear fleet submarines. Close-Up: Towards the Stern 70 […]
Author: Lee Wallender
Deception, influence, fakes, illusions, themed environments, simulations, secret places, secret infrastructure, imagined places, dreamscapes, movie sets and props, evasions, camouflage, studio backlots, miniatures.
Disneyland Matterhorn: Is There a Secret Basketball Court Inside?
Legend has it that there is a secret basketball court located inside that most famous fake mountain located in the Los Angeles […]
Volcano Redoubt in You Only Live Twice (Film – 1967)
The true face of the James Bond series, at least throughout the Sixties and Seventies, isn’t Sean Connery. It’s a German-born set […]
Hidden Doors and Rooms – New York Times Story
There’s a good overview in an October 5, 2006 New York Times article about ordinary homeowners who add secret rooms and hidden […]
See the Fake White House in Suburban Maryland: James J. Rowley Training Center
In an April 5, 1982 TIME magazine article, it was mentioned that a fake White House and Blair House (the little auxiliary […]
Building the Matterhorn – Disneyland June 14, 1959
Let’s say right off the bat that it’s not the “Matterhorn.” Official term for it was “Matterhorn Bobsleds, because the included roller […]
Martin Ocean Transport Plane Cutaway, 1936
A great airplane cutaway from Fortune Magazine 1936 (Large Size Image): The revolutionary fact about the Martin is that more than half […]
Titan Missile Underground Launch Complex Cutaway
The Titan II Missile Underground Launch Complex (Large Image) is classic Cold War-era cutaway stuff. At the Titan Missile Museum in Arizona, […]
“Fail-Safe’s” Secret Spaces
Fail-Safe, the 1964 movie with Henry Fonda, Walter Mattheu, and yes, Dom DeLuise, is full of secret places. In fact, with the […]