Hell yeah, Monster! Now THAT'S a vehicle! I love the look...huge sets of wheels, very aggressive down-turned nose and lotsa ENGINES! Sweet dude!
I prolly would have notice the killer wing, but I got mesmerized by the video of you tweaking Sam! Incredible!
You've got mad skills my friend. There's a few of us at Sketch that are watching your work on the comic. Can't wait to see it all when you get it out of your head!
Where can I see Sam's bike? 
Cheers,
- CraigD
Sweet work guys!! Coen, that thing is cool! I want to see it running and crushing things!
Monster...what can I say?! How you can create the soft shapes is beyond me! Impressive! Now, what's your new character gonna DRIVE?!!!! 
I too am a huge motorhead, so I'm looking forward to any of your new vehicular creations!
Nice work guys, really!
Cheers,
- CraigD
Hi Joao -
Version 5 does not support Vista, and only the updated version of SketchUp 6 does. What version of SketchUp 6 are you running?
- CraigD
Absolutely incredible Paul!! I agree with Tom..you are the master of the stone/brick texture!!
Thanks for sharing, inspiring, and causing a very select few to actually drool!
Respect, indeed!
Cheers,
- CraigD
There's also a big "I" on the helicopter landing pad...
- CraigD
Very nice Andrija! Congratulations!!!
Cheers,
We love to see your tricky projects and cleaver uses of SketchUp! Please keep posting these work-flows and I'll continue to try and get them into the SketchUp Blogs and Newsletters!
Cheers,
- CraigD
Big props go to Andrija for posting his incredible project! If I see more posts like this, I will try to get them into future SketchUp Blogs too!
http://sketchupdate.blogspot.com/
You guys are simply amazing!
Cheers,
- CraigD
Whoa!! I agree with Solo...that's crazy and brilliant!!
Simply incredible! I'll be sending this one around the office!
Thanks for sharing!
Cheers,
Incredible work Fred! You have some fans on the SketchUp team!
It's always amazing and very gratifying to see folks use the tool you work on to create incredible things outside of the intended use! I suppose that's one of my favorite aspects of SketchUp...that it is an extremely versatile tool. All you have to do is figure out creative ways to make it do what you want! The work on this forum is testament to the very creative SketchUp community!
Your work is fantastic! Thanks for sharing!
Cheers,
- CraigD
Keep up the good work! We're all pulling for you!
Cheers,
That makes sense...I was thinking the same thing when I looked at the frame intersections.
Oh well, manual manipulation it is...just like real hand-made welds!
A very, very cool technique for sure!
Cheers,
Hey Richard, I've been following your most excellent work! I have a question on your workflow; I see you are using groups for each weld...why not use components? With a component, the work you do on one, would be duplicated on many, leading to much quicker work. For randomness, you could create three or four weld components, and then copy them in a selectively random pattern.
If I understand your workflow properly, this could reduce some time. Just a thought!
Cheers,
Yeah! Those welds are amazing! Obviously an aluminum frame design with that nice "dime-weld" pattern!
Really great work!
Cheers,
A stunning collaboration!! Absolutely gorgeous!!! 
As I said when I first "went to" Paul's Church; INCREDIBLE work Paul!! Your work is so good that I thought the photo was a render of your model!!
Thanks for sharing Whaat's renders George!
Cheers,
Sounds like fun. You want a "focus moment" try that on a bike...on the track please..
I have some pretty good track training (and multiple season as race winning motorcycle road racer) and my wife and I have become friends with Kieth Code and the folks at his California Superbike School. So at the end of my 4th level of training with him on track, he followed me for a number of hot sessions around Virginia International Raceway. I was feeling good and he said he'd trail me and critique so I went on track and gave it the berries (so to speak).
So for multiple track sessions I was allowed full effort riding...this means a race prepped Kawasaki ZX6RR going flat out on the track...to the limit. It is an interesting moment when you have to take a bike that is going roughly 170 mph (6th gear flat out on the rev limiter) and then haul it down to around 50 mph or less for turn one. I'm not sure if you can imagine scrubbing off over 120 mph as you approach the end of a straight away with a fairly tight right hand corner coming up! I mean if you only scrub off 110 mph, you're going 10 mph too fast to make the corner...it's tough to gauge to say the least.
My race bike only tops out at about 120 mph, but it's geared that way because of the tight track I ran in New Hampshire.
I've gone almost as fast in race cars, but it is totally different on a bike! The steering becomes very, very stiff above 150 mph and the wind buffeting and noise are amazing. A car doesn't steer any differently at speed, but a bike becomes very hard to turn..you really have to muscle it and not influence the chassis the wrong way.
I'm addicted, that's for sure!
Great car! I'd love to see and hear it sometime.
Cheers,
Whoa! ToDamGood, that thing is off the hook!
Sweet!
@mike lucey said:
PS: Craig, I'll have my Fuoco 500ie tomorrow (Sunday), its being
delivered from UK. Only problem is that I won't be able to ride
it until I get a Provisional Bike License. I can't get this until
I pass a Theory Test and that will not take place until 28th of
this month. BTW, I wonder if you can organise some ElectricRain
discounts? And what is your good lady's name?Its also a well balanced smart design but again I would
expect no less from Lotus.Mike
Hi Mike, the Fuoco looks very interesting. I've read articles from some good European journalists who thought the front-end traction was incredible! It's still a bike though (and a bit heavy), so train up, get the best gear, and study the conditions (light, rain, likeliness of drowsy of drivers, likeliness of drunk drivers, etc)...it's all about stacking the odds in your favor.
Not sure on the ERain discounts (beta possibilities though), and my good lady's name is Deb D'Andrea. D'Andrea is the "D" in CraigD! Think D'Andrea guitar picks and you'd be on the right track.
Good luck resisting the urge to ride your new Fuoco! ...I don't think I'd be able to...
Cheers,
- CraigD