Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Stylish Casemod

From Dieselpunk

All-metal computer case built in 2006.
Solid bronze front plate.
Passive cooling.

Website (EN, DE)
via steampunkworkshop

Laco Aerial Observer Watch

During WWII Lacher company supplied the Luftwaffe with B-uhr - large (55 mm) wristwatch for aerial observers.
Today the watch is still in production - in both original and scaled-down (42 mm) forms. To those who do not care about authencity there are models with quartz movement.

LACO Website

Dieselpunk Miniatures

by Stephane Halleux from Belgium
Artist's website

via vitapito @ Dieselpunk LJ community

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Heaviest of all

This huge five-turreted tank built in 1933–38 was the heaviest inter-war AFV.
Three guns (one 76 mm and two 45 mm), 5 or 6 0.3 in MGs.
Despite thin armour (11-30 mm) the beast weighed 45 tons.
It was powered by 12-cylinder 500 HP petrol engine and developed speed up to 30 km/h.
About 60 were built, none survived.

Picture © Battlefield.ru

Teletypist

March 1943.
"Seligman, Arizona. Teletype operator in the telegraph office of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad. The time here changes from Mountain to Pacific time."
Medium-format safety negative by Jack Delano

Special thanks to Shorpy

Monday, June 15, 2009

Airships Invasion

"Airships Invasion" (Sciame di Dirigibili)
is a brainchild of Hector Zamora, a Mexican artist who is dealing not only with doctored snapshots, but also with installing dummy airships into urban landscape and creating audiovisual shows.
His project has been presented at the 53d Venetian Biennale.

via st_fuodoroff @ LJ

Dieselpunk Steamer

Pre-war Type 386 Locomotive
of the Czechoslovak State Railway