Scorpene Submarine Cutaway
We have a rather nice cutaway of the Scorpene submarine from Defense Industry Daily. We also have an extra-large cutaway of the […]
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.
Hotel Cutaway Drawing, 1947
This great cutaway originally comes from a July 5, 1947 Saturday Evening Post ad for Armstrong’s Industrial Insulation. For an extra-sized view, […]
Hiding Space in HVAC Vent? Interesting But Still a Dumb Idea.
Hidden compartments in houses take all shapes and forms: electrical outlets, hollow books, fake CDs, false cabinet fronts. But what about the […]
Closeup of Flying Boat (Generic) Cutaway, 1935
Looking inside the Popular Mechanics 1935 “Flying Boat”: Kitchen Welsh rarebit coming right up. Note the ladder leading up to the wing. […]
Flying Boat (Generic) Cutaway, 1935
I reproduce this Popular Mechanics cover of April 1935 in all of its ball-throbbing glory–because that is the only way to describe […]
Super-Ultra Miniature Hybrid Car
What the hell isn’t wonderful about Tracey Ullman? Below, her miniature hybrid car from Tracey Ullman: State of the Union.
Tramway
Sky buckets, gondolas, sky-trams–technically, aerial tramways–are the most visible invisible transport around. Contrast the Disneyland Matterhorn tramway from the 1950s… With the […]
Fake Iraq
Fake Iraq, by Maria Schriber.
Decora Doors
Some companies have narrow specialties, and that describes Decora Doors of Dallas, Texas. Decora supplies hidden doors of many types: art niches, […]
Thomas Doyle Miniatures
If you can ignore the typical “artist’s statement” B.S. mumbo-jumbo, you will be amazed at Thomas Doyle’s miniatures… Another angle: