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    • Rich O BrienR Offline
      Rich O Brien Moderator
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      Very smart. 3D printing really must have completely disrupted the mini-model market. Never really thought about until I saw your trains.

      The cost to print vs buying a kit must be an order of magnitude cheaper.

      Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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      • L Online
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        I can see the passion in your workπŸ‘ πŸ‘

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        • Bryan KB Offline
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          Well done as always! From 3D model to 3D life.

          See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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          • jo-keJ Offline
            jo-ke
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            next 3D Print project. 4 trams....

            oeg-uebersicht.jpg

            http://www.zz7.de

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            • Rich O BrienR Offline
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              Are you home printing or order 3D prints online?

              Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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              • Mike AmosM Offline
                Mike Amos
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                jo-ke. With this sort of project you are indeed the Mr Kipling of render/build. You make exceedingly good (Cake) projects.

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                • jo-keJ Offline
                  jo-ke
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                  Thank you.

                  A friend of mine, working at the Tramway company is printing it for me.

                  http://www.zz7.de

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                  • jo-keJ Offline
                    jo-ke
                    last edited by jo-ke

                    a model, I was workin on a few years ago in real surrounding:

                    Model Sketchup, placed in a real photo with Nano Banana:

                    nano-fakenried-paradeplatz001.jpg

                    http://www.zz7.de

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                    • jo-keJ Offline
                      jo-ke
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                      this is so cool.... I love this app:

                      sketchupmodel:

                      viadukt001-wire.jpg

                      Nano Banana:

                      nano-viadut-Generated Image September 04, 2025 - 9_09PM_upscayl_4x_ultramix-balanced-4x-stempel-kl.jpg

                      http://www.zz7.de

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                      • Mike AmosM Offline
                        Mike Amos
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                        Super image, Nano banana, where the funky Gibbons hang out.

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                        • jo-keJ Offline
                          jo-ke
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                          I think the complete workflow will change.

                          this took me less than one minute... look at the consistance of the details of my model!!

                          Prompt: "Generate an image of a tramway, driving on tracks in a landscape between Mannheim and Heidelberg in Germany, keep geometrie"

                          SU to nano banana:

                          oeg082b.jpg

                          Generated Image September 05, 2025 - 3_58PM.jpeg

                          http://www.zz7.de

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                          • Rich O BrienR Offline
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                            Have you tried motion blur prompts or adding seated passengers?

                            Maybe a prompt to add very subtle weathering to the model.

                            The shadowing across the grass is very good as is the AO between tracks and train.

                            Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                            • jo-keJ Offline
                              jo-ke @Rich O Brien
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                              @Rich-O-Brien Here are your people....

                              Generated Image September 05, 2025 - 4_17PM.jpeg

                              http://www.zz7.de

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                              • jo-keJ Offline
                                jo-ke
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                                and another one....

                                "Generate an image of a tramway, driving on tracks in Weinheim in Germany, keep geometrie"

                                oeg115.jpg

                                Generated Image September 05, 2025 - 4_14PM.jpg

                                http://www.zz7.de

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                                • Rich O BrienR Offline
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                                  That's very convincing. Even the fresnel effect looks good.

                                  Doesn't look like a render and to be honest if you said it was a photo I wouldn't 2nd guess it.

                                  Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                                  • Mike AmosM Offline
                                    Mike Amos
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                                    Perfect, imho anyway.

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                                      @jo-ke

                                      Hi everyone! πŸ‘‹
                                      I’m new here, so first of all, greetings to all of you. 😊
                                      I’d like to ask if it’s possible to get or purchase a 3D model of the DΓΌwag GT8 tram.
                                      I’ve seen some amazing work by one of the users here who creates 3D tram models, so I thought this would be the best place to ask.
                                      I’m specifically looking for this model for visualization purposes.

                                      Thanks in advance for any info!

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                                      • jo-keJ Offline
                                        jo-ke
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                                        unfortunately I am not selling the file.

                                        http://www.zz7.de

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                                        • jo-keJ Offline
                                          jo-ke
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                                          I took this old photo of an old tramway:

                                          2025-10-11 08.28.30.jpg

                                          In Nano Banana I colorized the picture:

                                          2025-10-11 08.31.26.jpg

                                          a small video with Grok:

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                                          Video generated by Grok.

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                                          the I took it to meshy.ai to make a 3D Model and uploaded it to Sketchfab:

                                          https://skfb.ly/pBZwo

                                          download to sketchup

                                          su-falkenried-meshy.jpg

                                          and rendered it in SU diffusion: (not satisfied)

                                          falkenried-meshy.png

                                          nano banana:

                                          Generated Image October 12, 2025 - 11_59PM.png

                                          grok video:

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                                          http://www.zz7.de

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                                          • Mike AmosM Offline
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                                            I raise my hat to you, magic.

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