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(first posted 12/6/2015) Ken Rouet left these in the comment section of a CC. I was quite amazed, and turned them into a post. Ken later left a number of more links to more photos, which are in several comments he left near the end of the comment section below. He dubbed the city “New-Ark”.
Pretty amazing. Congratulations, Sr. Rouet. And thanks for sharing them with us.
These are just awesome!
I assume the tunnel is a picture or painting, photographed at just the right angle?
I could look at these all day.
In fact, I think I will.
I can’t imagine the expense of all the models.
My 1/64 cars are pricey enough and I have just enough space for them (around 400).
Hello The Mann
Not at all, the tunnel is very real, made by my hands, I just made the lights using the computer.
all cars are 1/43 scale
https://i.skyrock.net/7146/57877146/pics/3351754396_2_2_rJGg5HRk.jpg
https://i.skyrock.net/7146/57877146/pics/3351753552_2_3_Ckccz8tr.jpg
https://i.skyrock.net/7146/57877146/pics/3324426650_2_3_6GMIaAtJ.jpg
I just saw this now.
Thanks for the info!
I’m concerned that all the links posted by Ken under his aliases seem to be dead. Are you out there and OK, Ken?
If I’m not mistaken, he’s no longer alive.
hello everyone hello everyone, I am still here and I approve your comments on my work which is a passion, that of the American cities of the 70s that I love to reproduce as best as possible and I thank you very much.
Salut, Ken! I’m very happy to have been wrong; glad you’re still here.
Since there are recent postings on Ken’s blog at https://ken530.skyrock.com/, I think that happily he is still with us.
Ken, if you see these comments it would be great to hear more from you. I’m currently in a friendly dispute with a friend who thinks that the buildings in your dioramas are mostly computer-generated, whereas they look like physical models to me!
Obviously the people in the cars and lighting have been given a hand via computer!
I’m delighted to be wrong! I was thinking of Michael Paul Smith (creator and photographer of miniature town Elgin Park).
hello Johnnyange, all my buildings are handmade in cardboard, collage, against collage, but some images are reworked to refine the finishes by computer, otherwise I built them with my hands as well as the road network marking on the ground included