Gallery: Look at These Amazing Exploded Views of Classic Sports Cars
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Fabian Oefner's *Disintegrating* series features exploding miniature cars. Here's a 1961 Jaguar E-Type being blown to smithereens. *Image: Fabian Oefner*
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Close-up of the action. *Image: Fabian Oefner*
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Oefner photographs each of the 200-plus pieces individually and then reconstructs them in Photoshop layer-by-layer like a puzzle. *Image: Fabian Oefner*
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He then removes the support aids to make the pieces look like they’re floating in mid-air, like this 1967 Ferrari 330 P4.*Image: Fabian Oefner*
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The exploding effect you see in happening to this 1954 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé, isn’t the product of high-speed chase gone awry. *Image: Fabian Oefner*
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Rather, Oefner tediously orchestrates the fake explosions using needles, foam and wiring. *Image: Fabian Oefner*
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Each car comes fully assembled, which requires Oefner to take it apart. *Image: Fabian Oefner*
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Oefner disassembling a model car. *Image: Fabian Oefner*
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*Hatch* requires a similar level of puppetry, though it produces a totally different effect. *Image: Fabian Oefner*
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Oefner starts by creating a mold of the model car. *Image: Fabian Oefner*
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He then drops the plaster mold on top of the model car so it appears as though the model is bursting from a shell. *Image: Fabian Oefner*
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Oefner says he went through hundreds of shells while trying to get the right shot. *Image: Fabian Oefner*
