Here for your viewing pleasure is an accumulation of all the pics you guys sent in on LeMonzaco. Thanks for your efforts! It's very much appreciated!:)

More Pics!

More Pics!

*drool*

Wow! That is the clearly the best looking track I have ever seen.

The shark is cool!

That's definitely one of the classic all time greats. The cars are equally impressive, and very influential on the Tomy product line that we're now consuming. The important things to take away from that track is that much of the scenic track elements can be reproduced by anyone with modest skills and a lot of patience. This should serve as a reference model. Also, its important to recognize that a scenic'd track is really a collection of smaller dioramas with some transitional elements to tie them all together. Compared to a 1:1 scene it is very compressed, yet it works well when viewed at the diorama level (you get drawn in!) and at the aggregate level. Some of the later works by this same artist (Jason Boye) are even more impressive than LeMonzaco due in part to their greater scale.

I encourage anyone who desires this type of layout to take on the challenge, starting at a diorama level, and expanding to whatever scope you can obtain in the amount of space you have. And take your time. Even a small door track can take on a captivating personality and feeling all of its own with a few interesting scenes and dioramas. Pete's tracks are a great example of small tracks that play big.

awesome layout,awesome photos,the whole track has feeling right down to the
solitary figure walking through the parking lot.....
i really like the way he added street sections between the track layout!

It's an absolute cryin' shame that the track no longer exists :cry:

All the pictures cause quite the drooling effect, not only with me, but with my Resinmonger The Hutt non action figure as well.. The first picture in the first post has the biggest effect. The level on detail in that picture is amazing. The only giveaway that it isn't a 1:1 picture is the top left section with the push pin. Absolutely stunning level of detail, and I am amazed every time I look at it.

UtherJoe

A couple pics here I've never seen...and I been lookin for years...

THANKS!

Hopefully there's more out there. I'll keep looking!

I seemed to recall having a slotcar magazine back in the late 90s that had some nice pix of thiis layout. First time I saw it I couldn't imaging building something like this for little slotcars. So much detail and realism. Can look at those pix all day long. Would have loved to seen it in person. :eek:


:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: rr

I seemed to recall having a slotcar magazine back in the late 90s that had some nice pix of thiis layout. First time I saw it I couldn't imaging building something like this for little slotcars. So much detail and realism. Can look at those pix all day long. Would have loved to seen it in person. :eek:


:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: rr

I believe it was Model Car Racing magazine. Not sure which issue, but here's a link to their site. Electric Dreams carries some of the older issues too.

http://www.modelcarracingmag.com/

-Paul

Your right Paul. LeMonzaco was featured in the May-June 2004 issue (issue #15) of Model Car Racing Magazine. I've contacted Bob, but he said the photos were taken from slides and he can't post them. Maybe someone out there has this issue and could scan the pics and post them on HT.

Wow those are pics I have never seen before. Fantastic! This track along with the Normburgring gave me the inspiration to do a realistic HO slot car track back in 1990. I have an old magazine with numerous photos of Jason's LeMonzaco provided with an expansive article about his efforts. I'll have to dig through my archives and find that mag and possibly scan in some of the other photos that show more of this track. The track itself actually spanned through numerous rooms in his home!
:cool:
-Scott

Hey Scott, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Look for HO Journal #5 from Scale Auto. I will have to look for my issue also. It was a great article about Jason's track and has some great photos in it. One photo shows the inside of the tunnel. If I remember the article correctly, the tunnel would make engine noises when the cars pass through it triggered by sensors. That's cool! Here is the link to available to the #5 HO Journal from the Scale Auto website.

http://scaleauto.com/journal/issue5.htm

Gary

What exactly happened that it's no longer in existence? I'm sure I saw the reason at one point but I can't remember now.