Uh, those are faucet handles, not nozzles. Very cool, nonetheless!

"Laser Cut Paper Towel Roll | Books Bischof | 2011 |"

Not toilet paper.

This is a not uncommon kit, popular with pen turners:
http://www.pennstateind.com/store/bullet-cartridge-pen-kits.html

http://www.woodcraft.com/Family/2080355/Cartridge-Bullet-Pen-Kit.aspx

http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=22634

Shorpy posted this last week; I'm seeing more and more blogs sites using Shorpy images without any credits whatsoever. :-/

http://www.shorpy.com/node/8330

Coral isn't a plant.

wkb has it right: it's a crank for cocking a crossbow.

I've had the privilege of seeing some of Mr. Park's work, and amazing work by other modelmakers, at the Craftsmanship Museum in Vista, California (located at the Sherline Products factory):

http://www.craftsmanshipmuseum.com/

"Octopodes" is correct; "octopuses" is acceptable as an alternative. :-)

The plural of "octopus" is "octopodes."

The one outside our front door blooms regularly and has to be hacked back every year or it overruns the porch. We're north of San Diego by thirty miles or so, and that wall faces northeast; the thing must coincidentally get just the right conditions.

There are always exceptions: my wife is six years older than I am, and we've been happily married twelve years so far, with no problems to speak of.

Teppan, not hibachi. The soy sauce lava is new to me as well, though overall the cooks I've seen do this had much more style.

@dameatballs: The problem is that the site gives no credit to the designer, and claims his imagery as its own by stamping its own copyright statement on the images. Looking at the other paper models blogged there, I haven't found any credit given to any of the designers, or even any mention of their names.

Give credit where it's due: "We found this awesome model of [subject] at [designer]'s site at [URL] and want you to know about it."

And quit stamping copyright statements on other people's images.

This site (vectorvault) is blatantly ripping off the creator of the model, Shunichi Makino. They have stamped their own copyright onto the image of the model's parts sheets, and onto the images of the completed model (taken from the designer's site), and don't even mention the designer's name or site. The "Download here" link takes you to the designer's page for the model, still without crediting the designer.

And more: the link to the AT-AT model (bottom of the page) is similarly stolen from the designer.

I've seen this display at the San Diego Couny Fair in Del Mar as well. It's thoroughly convincing even up close.