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    • Rich O BrienR Offline
      Rich O Brien Moderator
      last edited by

      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
          last edited by

          and another one....

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

          oeg115.jpg

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          • Rich O BrienR Offline
            Rich O Brien Moderator
            last edited by

            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
              last edited by

              Perfect, imho anyway.

              Absentia mortis praesentiam vitae probat, vita autem est argumentum constantiae.

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                kicik900 Newcomers @jo-ke
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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
                  last edited by

                  unfortunately I am not selling the file.

                  http://www.zz7.de

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

                    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:

                    Link Preview Image
                    Make your own video with Grok Imagine

                    Tramway is turning arround

                    favicon

                    Grok (grok.com)

                    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:

                    Link Preview Image
                    Make your own video with Grok Imagine

                    Video generated by Grok.

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                    Grok (grok.com)

                    http://www.zz7.de

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                    • Mike AmosM Offline
                      Mike Amos
                      last edited by

                      I raise my hat to you, magic.

                      Absentia mortis praesentiam vitae probat, vita autem est argumentum constantiae.

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                      • jo-keJ Offline
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                        Generated Image October 15, 2025 - 12_17AM.png

                        http://www.zz7.de

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                        • jo-keJ Offline
                          jo-ke
                          last edited by

                          and a video:

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                          Make your own video with Grok Imagine

                          tramway driving slowly

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                          Grok (grok.com)

                          http://www.zz7.de

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                          • jo-keJ Offline
                            jo-ke
                            last edited by

                            fortunately it is going on here. The Sketchupmodel as a 3D Print.

                            2025-12-02 11.07.48.jpg

                            http://www.zz7.de

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                            • jo-keJ Offline
                              jo-ke
                              last edited by

                              the city of Mannheim in 1905

                              su and Nano banana

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                              • jo-keJ Offline
                                jo-ke
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                                I am starting a new project of a former Building of my city.

                                tortenschachtel-001.jpg

                                http://www.zz7.de

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                                • jo-keJ Offline
                                  jo-ke
                                  last edited by

                                  nano banana and grok:

                                  tortenschachtel-002.jpg

                                  Generated Image January 18, 2026 - 2_14AMpp.png

                                  Link Preview Image
                                  Make your own video with Grok Imagine

                                  small red tramway in background is not moving, white tramway in foreground moves slowly forward on rails

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                                  Grok (grok.com)

                                  http://www.zz7.de

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                                  • ntxdaveN Offline
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                                    Dry nice work. πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

                                    I would like to be able to do something like this,

                                    Press F1...thank me later

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                                    • HornOxxH Offline
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                                      Great!

                                      never trust a skinny cook

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

                                        thank you. I am glad you like it.

                                        and a dayshot:

                                        Generated Image January 18, 2026 - 2_50PMpp.png

                                        su view:

                                        tortenschachtel-003.jpg

                                        real photo:

                                        1041855814-tortenschachtel-berliner-platz-ludwigshafen-abriss-NFa6.jpg

                                        http://www.zz7.de

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

                                          different perspective in winter

                                          Generated Image January 18, 2026 - 3_38PMpp.png

                                          tortenschachtel-005.jpg

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                                          • jo-keJ Offline
                                            jo-ke
                                            last edited by

                                            This is really a fun project.

                                            From start to end less then 24 hours.

                                            Im former times (15 years ago) we had something like speedmodelling- challenge at sketchucation. I do it sometimes for me to practice.

                                            berliner-platz001.jpg

                                            http://www.zz7.de

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