Sep 262009
I love a good layout drawing. A layout drawing actually drawn by hand by a professional is even better. And a layout drawing actually drawn by hand by a professional reproduced by the old cyanotype process to produce a true blueprint can be thing of true beauty.
Witness, for example, this vintage B-29 blueprint. If’n I can somehow work up a frame big enough, it’d look wonderful on a wall. The B-17 diagram (not a true blueprint, but the same sort of large-format diagram in B&W) that came with it would look pretty snazzy as well.
UPDATE: I found a place locally that claims they can scan large format and in color. Woo!
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I have had to explain the term “blueprint” to young skulls full of mush(some of them quite old) on many occasions. When you hit “hand drawn” their attention begins to wander, when you use the word “cyanotype” their eyes glaze over.
As for a frame, use a piece of cabinet grade plywood(1/4 inch luan) and door casing trim. Makes a nice, plain frame, and you can use glass or plexiglass. You can use other types of trim, such as baseboard, with widths between 2 1/4 and 4 inches. I suggest door trim because it is plain, does not take away from what you are displaying.
That is Teh Awesome.
I’m ready with the finger on the button…
A thing of beauty.
If you do get this scanned, post about it here or on rec.aviation.military? I’d pony up a few bucks for a copy I could take to the local print shop and have done up for framing.