2012-04-06
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World Leaders Posing with Model Cities (via iamdanw):
In this photo from 2010, then-British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (2nd R) views a scale model of a plan to build Europe’s largest combined deep-sea port and logistics park. Photo credit: Reuters/Luke MacGregor, January 5, 2010
Someone needs to set up a Google News alert and turn this into a Tumblr right away.
2012-01-06
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A NASA mockup of the lunar module from 1964. It’s reasonably similar to the finished article.
(via hammerandcode)
2011-05-24
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The chapel in Abney Park Cemetery as seen by ScanLAB Projects. One for the New Aesthetic Tumblr, perhaps? (via Andy McFarland.)
2010-12-05
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Reissue of the cut away Jumbo Jet. Highly detailed with full interior, spiral staircase, upper lounge, five stewardesses and pilot, copilot and flight engineer. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. Kit includes SAS and British Airways decals. Also comes with your choice of either Pan Am (four Clipper choices) United or TWA Decals for the cutaway.
2010-04-19
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Euston Station Redevelopment, London (Taylor Woodrow) at the Archigram Archival Project.
I’ve been posting a lot of these images to my ffffound instead, but at some point I really want to write about Euston’s redevelopment, so this one ends up here, where it can get tagged.
2010-02-06
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In pictures: Concorde through the years at BBC News. “A model of the planned airliner went on show at Farnborough in 1962.”
The gallery also features the Queen on a Concorde in 1977.
2009-11-24
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Polaroid Story
1963, Fritz Goro
There’s a lot more at bestoflife; it’s a shame this one’s not in colour, though.
2009-09-15
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Londonist covers the Feix & Merlin proposal, one of five for the Grade II listed gasholders, in Playground Proposal For Kings Cross.
2009-09-02
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The MiG-31 from the film version of Firefox. I wonder where the designer got some of their inspiration?









