Though I’ve lately dedicated this site to cutaway drawings from the golden age of illustration art–1930s to 1960s–certain things come along that are so amazing that they trump my mission. The Hal B. Hays residence in Hollywood, CA is one such thing. I ran into the Hal B. Hayes residence, which Popular Mechanics described as… Continue reading Hal B. Hayes House, Hollywood California, 1953
Category: Cutaway Drawings and Cross-Sections
Cutaway and cross-section drawings of vehicles, weapons, submarines, airplanes, buildings, and more.
Winchester .22 Model 52 Rifle Trigger Mechanism Cutaway, 1951
Even a .22 rifle has a complicated trigger mechanism. This one, a Winchester Model 52 from 1951, is timeless. You’ll find essentially the same mechanism on rifles today. Click to Enlarge to 935 x 766 px: Source: Popular Science November 1951
Hand Grenade Cutaway Drawing, 1951
Despite its fearsome reputation in TV and movies, a hand grenade is a fairly simple and imprecise killing device: a metal container that contains “filler” (as the cutaway says) segmented so that it will split open in predictable chucks. This cutaway shows what a generic 1950s hand grenade looks like, cut in half. The only difference… Continue reading Hand Grenade Cutaway Drawing, 1951
B-24 Liberator Bomber Cutaway Drawing, 1943
Naturally, in the popular press of the time, Consolidated Vultee’s B-24 Liberator bomber would be hailed as a magnificent fighting machine, capable of plowing down any obstacle like cutting through butter. While the B-24 did have its strong points, crew members had a different angle on the craft. Lately, I have been reading Laura Hillenbrand’s… Continue reading B-24 Liberator Bomber Cutaway Drawing, 1943
Colt .45 Automatic Pistol Cutaway, 1951
This cutaway of the classic Colt .45 Automatic was part of Popular Science’s “Know Your Weapons” series that started up in 1951. This series was aimed squarely at WWII (and even WWI) veterans who had been intimately familiar with these military firearms only a few years before. Click to Enlarge to 764 x 740 px:… Continue reading Colt .45 Automatic Pistol Cutaway, 1951