I have done a few cut away maps. One was for the home away from home challenge and the other was the adventures home thing.

http://www.cartographersguild.com/sh...rosens-Caravan

http://www.cartographersguild.com/sh...Werthers-Skull

Not sure if these can be inspirational, in both cases I used 3D app and got the app to slice parts off. Building it is hard the slicing bit is then easy.