Welcome to Elgin Park

Hat tip to everyone who has sent me the link to this!

Welcome to Michael Paul Smith’s Elgin Park:
A 1/24th-scale recreation of everyday scenes from mid-20th century America, ranging from the 1920s to the mid-1960s

“What started as an exercise in model-making and photography became a dreamlike reconstruction of the town Michael grew up in. It’s not an exact recreation, but it does capture the mood and feel of his memories.

Photos posted on Flickr went viral, attracting millions of visitors from around the world. Michael’s work has since been featured by media around the world.

The buildings are constructed of resin-coated paper, styrene plastic, and basswood, plus numerous found objects. The vehicles are from Michael’s collection of 300+ commercially produced, diecast models.

No Photoshop was used in these images; they’re all composed in the camera. It is the oldest trick in the special effects book: lining up a model with an appropriate background, then photographing it.”

Photographed alongside the Ohio River is this scene with a ’53 Studebaker Commander Starliner and a ’58 Mercury:

The next two images are for “Shirl,” whose first car was a ’59 Dodge hardtop, white with black fins:

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“The Greatest Packard Of Them All:”

’56 Packard Caribbean hardtop; ’56 DeSoto hardtop:

’58 Packard Hawk, ’58 Mercury:

’37 Studebaker Coupe-Express:

More Studebakers in Elgin Park:

Mopars:

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