Ken Block minifies Battersea

Video: Another look at Block’s power station Gymkhana, by way of miniaturisation…

Posted by: Vijay Pattni, 17 June 2011

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Ken Block

Before you anonymously vent your brain's most fevered put-downs via the comments box below, we agree: there is a lot of Ken Block on the Internet.

What can we say? He gets around. Mostly sideways. Earlier this year he was at Battersea power station for the launch of Dirt3, doing some slidey things with a 300bhp rally-spec Ford Focus and making TG staffer Dan Read quite unwell.

Gallery: Top Gear goes in-car with Ken Block

Turns out that little drifty extravaganza was also filmed using something called a ‘tilt-shift' lens. We are unsure of what this lens does, but judging by the effect created in this here video, it miniaturises EVERYTHING. Like a massive space-gun operated by an over-zealous but conservatively-sized comic-book villain, intent on finally towering over the world.

Anyway, have a watch. It's quite dandy.

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subaru was muuuuuuuch better!!!

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Absolutely brilliant!! :)

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WOW!what is this camera?it make's everything look like it's from thomas the tank engine or something.i could scarcely believe it was the real thing...

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The low fps (possibly my internet connection) makes this seem like stop motion animation...but it's real! The only thing that convinced me it was not a mini rc car or stop motion animation setup was the dirt clouds and Block walking out of the car at the enf.

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Fantastic vid. ( Honestly it's not about the car Impreza09 ) skill is what matters.

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