This Modern Ship in a Bottle Is Lit with LEDs and Fiber Optics
LEDs give a ghostly glow to this modern take on a ship in a bottle.
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Inside Blade Runner’s Model Shop
This weekend, I happened upon the recent re-release trailer for Blade Runner (The Final Cut). The Final Cut version of the film, the only one where director Ridley Scott had full artistic control, was first released in 2007, but this spring, theaters started showing it again and this new trailer was put together for that […]
50 Sheets of A4 Went into This Giant Papercraft Mammoth Skull
If you like skulls, need some wall decoration, and have some spare time, this papercraft wooly mammoth skull would make a great project!
Sandpapercraft Models
Artist Mandy Smith and photographer Bruno Drummond created a striking collection images of everyday objects crafted from sandpaper.
Chris Thorpe: 3D Printing the Industrial Revolution
The mainstream news media is awash with speculation that 3D printing is bringing about a second industrial revolution. Whether this is true or not, nowhere is the comparison more apt than with The Flexiscale Company, a small UK startup making 3D models of the great steam engines of the first industrial revolution. I caught up […]
Makey Awards 2012 Nominee 14, Tamiya, Documentation
Founded in Shikuoza, Japan in 1946, Kabushiki gaisha Tamiya was originally a sawmill and architectural lumber company that made wooden ship models as a sideline. Their first plastic model, released in 1960, was a 1/800 scale battleship Yamato. Today, Tamiya manufactures R/C sea, air, and land vehicles, robots, educational materials, and a line of modeling tools, paints, and accessories in addition to their traditional scale model line.
Upcycled Star Trek Ship Model
This upcycled Star Trek ship model is made by Brazilian artist-maker J. Azevedo who specializes in building robots and model dioramas using upcycled hardware and electronic components.
