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This is a link post Lost art of the cutaway
We don't see these much anymore. For shame
 (I helped save b3ta! RompaStompa Stick it up your jumper, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 10:45, Reply)
This is a normal post Happy memories of sitting with a pile of Usborne books and reading them for hours.
Someone posted nuclear power plant cutaways a while ago I think which were brilliant.
 (I helped save b3ta! Pig Bodine., Wed 2 Jul 2014, 10:49, Reply)
This is a normal post Oh, yes. Literally hours.
(oh, things were simpler back then!)
 (I helped save b3ta! Ghoti Fingers, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 10:53, Reply)
This is a normal post ^

(I helped save b3ta! omnitruncatedkraken from Empire Algol, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:20, Reply)
This is a normal post ^This^
I had the Monsters, Ghosts & UFOs book and it had a cutaway of a GENUINE haunted house! Loved that book.
EDIT: Actually, it wasn't a cutaway. Still an ace page though.
 (I helped save b3ta! Fray Brentos *mega-belms*, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:02, Reply)
This is a normal post All that in one house?
I hope the owners had earplugs.
 (DestructoLettuce, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:18, Reply)
This is a normal post That Laurence Llewelyn Bowen fop goes too far sometimes, doesn't he?

(FartThroughAWalkieTalkie wished you were dead in ditch on, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:23, Reply)
This is a normal post "Stranging Rooms"?

(DestructoLettuce, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:40, Reply)
This is a normal post Twice I've been camping in Pluckley thanks to that book.
Supposedly Britain's most haunted village.

Least spooky place I've ever spent a night.

I did accidentally expose myself to a pensioner though.

Anyway, yeah, bloody great books!
 (I helped save b3ta! sir_spicious2000 Crap I've watched: www.filmplop.blogspot.com/, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 13:28, Reply)
This is a normal post Those are wonderful
This is basically the motherlode of aeroplane cutaways:
www.flightglobal.com/cutaways/
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 10:54, Reply)
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Nice!
 (I helped save b3ta! RompaStompa Stick it up your jumper, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:02, Reply)
This is a normal post galleries disabled

(Mehitabel_Itrang, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:11, Reply)
This is a normal post Ah dammit
I should have dug in a bit deeper. There's some brilliant ones in there though. Actually that's the main reason I keep buying those Haynes books. I'm never going to service a Spitfire, but the diagrams and the cutaways are glorious.
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:30, Reply)
This is a normal post Try this
Spitfire!
 (I helped save b3ta! Mr Mann I love pigs, best of all the animals, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:45, Reply)
This is a normal post Fantastic
Prompted me to do a similar search for Exploded View drawings, but there doesn't seem to be an equivalent repository of those around.
 (I helped save b3ta! barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:06, Reply)
This is a normal post Presumably a tool for creating them in autocad and the like would be practical
define your cutaway path, select which labels to apply and then optionally add a layer for including people or other items that aren't part of the base design. Even better if you could animate parts as well.
 (Mehitabel_Itrang, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:08, Reply)
This is a normal post It's far easier to export to 3Dsmax and do it there.

(smellysamlyingcable Seaman on, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:50, Reply)
This is a normal post This is glorious stuff!
Thanks
 (I helped save b3ta! thecrapgatsby isn't listening LALALALALALA, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:09, Reply)
This is a normal post This is wonderful :)
I love the picture of the elevator car park it links to :)

www.messynessychic.com/2012/10/17/the-car-vending-machine/
 (I helped save b3ta! Hol[]y - WHAT CAN THE HARVEST HOPE FOR, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:09, Reply)
This is a normal post They are lovely!
Also when did that awful @B3ta on Twitter monstrosity appear?
 (I helped save b3ta! Herb Alpert's Taxi Driver I have very beautiful lips, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:10, Reply)
This is a normal post This morning
Horrible isn't it
 (I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:13, Reply)
This is a normal post Bleughhh

(I helped save b3ta! Herb Alpert's Taxi Driver I have very beautiful lips, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:22, Reply)
This is a normal post What's that now?
Edit: never mind. I see it.
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:15, Reply)
This is a normal post I don't understand twitter. Or "@" (in that context). Or hashtags.
NURSEY!!
(if someone could find the cutaway of the london underground station that I remember from my childhood, that would be ace)
 (I helped save b3ta! Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:23, Reply)
This is a normal post Hashtags are just a hangover from IRC
# represents a channel in IRC, which you join and chat about stuff. Twitter did nothing but flip this on its head and make everyone just shout shit into the ether and use optional hastags to organise content. But you probably know all this:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashtag
 (I helped save b3ta! DinivanX Has stinging piss after drinking Pact Coffee, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 13:20, Reply)
This is a normal post Ooo blimey it's got its own button...

(I helped save b3ta! barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:28, Reply)
This is a normal post A while back,
couple of weeks ago or so. Whenever I was living it up in Italy.
 (I helped save b3ta! Jimbuktu See? Right here, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:29, Reply)
This is a normal post SHOW OFF

(I helped save b3ta! Herb Alpert's Taxi Driver I have very beautiful lips, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:22, Reply)
This is a normal post the account has been live for years
Rob resurrected it a couple of weeks ago

*edit - ooh I see, yeah, that's new :D
 (I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:34, Reply)
This is a normal post There's an ADVERT THERE NOW!!!
What's going on!!!!
 (I helped save b3ta! Herb Alpert's Taxi Driver I have very beautiful lips, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:24, Reply)
This is a normal post a lot of money is needed to keep the mods in their dog fingering business

(I helped save b3ta! $$ ✅, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:33, Reply)
This is a normal post It's so helpful!
because no one on B3ta had ever heard of usVsTh3m before...of course.
 (I helped save b3ta! Herb Alpert's Taxi Driver I have very beautiful lips, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:40, Reply)
This is a normal post please follow, not for me, but for the mods

(I helped save b3ta! $$ ✅, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:38, Reply)
This is a normal post No

(I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:54, Reply)
This is a normal post Sod that
If I want to view B3ta, there's a website for that already.
 (I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:53, Reply)
This is a normal post you got a link to it?

(I helped save b3ta! tickle I was away, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 16:24, Reply)
This is a normal post They've only brought in advertising to help fund the catering costs at UsVsTh3m towers

(I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:50, Reply)
This is a normal post I remember the Busy World of Richard Scarry books from my childhood that featured loads of cutaways of foxes working in power stations etc
this book especially www.amazon.co.uk/What-Do-People-All-Day/dp/0007353693
 (I helped save b3ta! h3donist tryin' to play me out as if my name is Sega.., Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:58, Reply)
This is a normal post Richard Scarry books always seemed slightly sinister.
Like there was something dirty going on behind the jolly facade.
 (Jimbotfu Bummed in the gob again, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:21, Reply)
This is a normal post What do all day people do
As I called it in childish innocence was my favourite book. Tried to get it for my daughter but could only find a half-assed cut down version. Apparently they were redone to reflect changing social mores - ie no cowboys or Indians, pretty air stewardesses became flight attendants etc etc
 (I helped save b3ta! The Ann Coulter Fan Club Babylon is burning at, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:45, Reply)
This is a normal post I have my childhood copy
as well as 'Busy people' and two others I can't remmeber the names of. Still bring a smile to my face when flicking through.

Good old Lowly worm.
 (I helped save b3ta! A Rory Borealis here under duress, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:51, Reply)
This is a normal post there should be a cut away or an exploded view of a taliban suicide bomber

(I helped save b3ta! fluffybunnykiller Is feasting on the clitoris of life, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:03, Reply)
This is a normal post I can still remember the name after 20 plus years
Had this book as a kid, loved it. Recommended as a gift for kids now: www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0679814116?pc_redir=1404145766&robot_redir=1
 (I helped save b3ta! Turquoise Hexagon Sun has just dropped acid on, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 16:15, Reply)
This is a normal post I'm one of them
These are great illustrations.

I'm a Technical Illustrator, I learn't my trade before computers, even before calculators (I'm probably a bit older than most of you).

I worked on exploded views for Submarines and Military Aircraft, all done with pencil and ink on CS10 board. Getting to do a cutaway like this was a real treat.

These days I'm still illustrating, my subject matter is mostly oil rigs and of course everything is done on a 'puter. There's not many Technical Illustrators around these day but there's still some.

Sigh - those were the days, they don't make 'em like they used to, it used to be all fields round here, bring back national service etc...
 (Constant_Shallowness, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 17:29, Reply)
This is a normal post I once employed a cartographer on the strength of his amazing pencil drawn maps.
He had no Adobe experience or experience of mapping software, he was amazing - picked up the software really quickly and produced some stunning work for us. I often think the orientation of people's thinking when hiring is a bit off, managers look for years using software rather than putting bias on a really great portfolio.
 (theswollenbeef where there's a will there's a wank, Thu 3 Jul 2014, 10:28, Reply)
This is a normal post Does anyone remember the Eagle?
I have 3 stapled 1/2 A4 format books I bought in a cheapie store of LAshwell-Wood as the sig (somewhere? wish i could remember)

www.illustrationartgallery.com/acatalog/Leslie_Ashwell_Wood_Archive.html
 (tootired Is searching for a funny sig, nothing good so far, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 17:48, Reply)