"Porto Corsa" (Cars2) Project

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jmswms

Discussion Starter · Jul 9, 2011

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I love Italy (even more than I love slot cars) so I was pretty excited to see glimpses of Italian landscape in the previews to the new "Cars 2" movie. And, while the movie is just okay, the fictional Italian town of "Porto Corsa" that Disney created for the movie is pretty cool. And, it seems like a good place to start in dreaming of a new slot car track. Apparently, the fictional town is based on a combination of Portafino and Monte Carlo. It's easy to see the influences. I'd love to build something themed on this. So, I got to tinkering with a preliminary design....

Some of the artwork of Disney/Pixar's Cars 2 "Porto Corsa"...

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Kellerkind

· #7 · Dec 28, 2011

Aaaaah!... Something new out of Bills slottrackmanufacture! Looking fwd to the new project. Regards Jens

Kellerkind

· #10 · Dec 29, 2011

Hi all, wondering about the size "00" the buildings of scale-scenery will be -what scale is that? Bill, are you scaling them down before printing? Any help welcome. Thanks Jens

Kellerkind

· #31 · Apr 24, 2012

Just fantastic! Regards Jens

Kellerkind

· #37 · Apr 29, 2012

...very great stuff; you wouldnt like to come over here to build some rocks and scenery on my track, here?

Regards Jens

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Kellerkind

· #48 · May 7, 2012

...I always wounder about the speed you build your tracks! 25 hours per day?

Very great stuff. Regards Jens

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Kellerkind

· #56 · May 14, 2012

...pure arts! I always cant wait for mondays - just to see what happened during LA weekends

. Regards Jens

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Kellerkind

· #89 · Jul 23, 2012

Cool!

Kellerkind

· #103 · Sep 17, 2012 (Edited by Moderator)

Hello Bill,

...woah! Many, many kilometers of cliffs! Guess they take their time?! But they are worth every minute of work!

I always wounder how great your buildings fit the rest of the track. I experimented a lot with scales and sizes the last weeks to get my village done but I am always kind of unhappy with the good old scale-Problem: Looking too big, too unrealistic, even too small sometimes, absolutely scale when watched from near but too big when watched from farer away...I guess my track is too small to get a good relation between tracksize and look of the village?!

At least you did a great job so far! Looking fwd for your next update.

Regards Jens

Kellerkind

· #110 · Sep 27, 2012

Hi Bill, looks very nice, leave the tree where it is, looks good! Regards Jens

Kellerkind

· #116 · Sep 28, 2012 (Edited by Moderator)

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...we got some of those guys on horses in Germany, too. Maybe try thisone for the plaza. Should be no problem for someone with your skills...

Regards Jens

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Kellerkind

· #125 · Oct 16, 2012

...wonderful! I love that buildings! You just might have one problem after braiding: You wont build any more, but you will find yourself just driving all the time! Regards Jens

Kellerkind

· #132 · Nov 2, 2012

The pits are great on the one hand but they are totally untypical, uncommon, never-seen-before on the other. Dont know what to think about them but somehow they are just some kind of cool! Dont know if they would have been typical for a targa track but based on the cars-theme they are somehow logical in the end. Maybe a genie in the bottle. Looking fwd! Regards Jens

Kellerkind

· #137 · Nov 12, 2012

Bill, that looks great! I especially like the the panorama-view! But could you please remove the lapcounter form that place? Looks a bit like an ufo from outer space...

Regards Jens

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Kellerkind

· #142 · Nov 15, 2012

Niiiiiiiiiice! Regards Jens

Kellerkind

· #191 · Jan 11, 2013

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...yes, seems to be already okay

,... as always.

Regards Jens

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Kellerkind

· #194 · Jan 15, 2013

Hi Bill...You surely have nightmares about falling from sculptamoldcliffs, dont you? I often reached a point in my sceneryworks were I didnt want any more rockmolding. I guess you are happy this time to reach the finish line? But it is worth the "sweat, blood and tears". The result is brilliant. Regards Jens

Kellerkind

· #202 · Jan 22, 2013

...Very,very nice. Love it! Regards Jens

Kellerkind

· #217 · Jan 30, 2013

...Greeeeeeaaaaaaat! Regards Jens

Kellerkind

· #251 · Apr 2, 2013

Hi Bill. Best thing after you have finished another masterpiece is that we all can happily look fwd for the next one! Hope the new build might start soon! Great work. Regards Jens

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