User LeonF ask on the SketchUp forum if something similar to the image posted by him:
can be made within SketchUp.
Then he post a link to a model.
I downloaded it and rendered few quick shoots by Brighter3D.
Then I made this video tutorial to show you how you can do it by yourself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIZyXvokfLU