@Rich-O-Brien Yeah, I figured it was probably from some sort of military vehicle or aircraft, but unfortunately I only have a few shots of it and they aren't hi-res enuf to show the details I need. Push comes to shove I'll just have to do the best I can with what I can see but I was hoping to avoid that. Oh well, life goes on. Have a good one!

Working on a model, but I need help identifying this seat. Has anybody seen it before? Thanks in advance for any help.

Oh jeez, turns out I already have it installed. Now that's embarrassing Now all I gotta do is figure out how to use it. I'm not too hopeful, but I'm gonna give it my best shot. Thanks, happy holidays!

I guess the title says it all. Any help will be much appreciated.

@l i am said:

Great work Mike, organic modelling is your forte

Simply beautiful

Wow, actually something with wheels!! All too rare here. Very nicely done, I hate that I cannot render.

Beautiful photo, Bryan. So when are we gonna see the model

Very nicely done, I'm jealous of your talent.

@box said:

Segments. There is always a limit to the number of segments Sketchup can deal with. There is also an unfortunate lack of good error messages built into sketchup.
10000 segments of a single continuous 'curve' will tend to crash sketchup without a bugsplat.
Your question appears to show that 6000 segments is the limit on a follow me before it gives you an error that is somewhat meaningless.

Thanks for going to all the trouble, some very useful information for myself and probably others. Very much appreciated

And you're right about the 'somewhat meaningless' error messages. It might as well have said 'This ain't gonna work, but we're not gonna tell you why'

You really have a way with words, Rich

@rich o brien said:

Do not pre-select curve and the ask the face to sweep.

Call the tool, pick the face and then curve...

Thanks, Rich!!

Took me a while to figure out just what you meant, but finally got it to work. I have never had to do this before, is there a particular reason why this model needs to be done this way?

Can't figure out why Follow-Me doesn't work with this. I Welded the coil, the weld worked so there is no break or stray lines to prevent the follow-me from working, but keeps giving me a 'This does not appear to be a valid path' error msg. I've attached the .skp file. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Untitled.skp

Many years ago I downloaded TSgt Theodore Petras's personal journal. About 450 pages, and typewritten so it's easy to read. Here's his entry for Aug 29, 1940, where he takes up the Beech (that's what he calls the Staggerwing). It's unbelievable how the extreme cold caused so many problems with this flight.

@hornoxx said:

@hellnbak said:

...Don't know how I missed this. Nice work on the Cruiser...
Thanks & Great Hellnbak Both: your so cool model and the fact that we both liked this topic and decided it was worth dedicating some SU-modeling to it!
Despite search, these facts about this plane I did not know so far!
(Did I understood correctly - next to the motor you also modelled the plane shown above as well?!?)

Sorry, been super busy. Yes, I did model both the plane and the engine. Such as they are.

@ntxdave said:

The model of the engine is fantastic. Well done

Thanks Dave, much appreciated.

Too bad it was the wrong engine

Since then I have been much more careful, checking more than just one source of information.

@mike amos said:

Brilliant, it just needs the aircraft to go with it.

Mike, if I only could have fond this particular or at least any similar plane model somewhwere, I would have added it [/quote]

Hey Mike, HornOxx,

Don't know how I missed this. Nice work on the Cruiser. I did make an attempt at modeling the plane (and the cruiser) back in 2015.

I was having fun modeling the engine (a Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Jr)

when I discovered much too late that even though this was the engine referenced in one of the sites as being used in this plane, it was not the correct engine.
I can't remember now what the correct engine was, but but I do remember that when I researched it I discovered that for some reason reference photos for it were few and far between.

Fortunately I discovered my mistake just as I was starting work on the supercharger

so I just attached a maintenance plate to the rear that was shown in a number of the videos I had downloaded that showed this engine being rebuilt.

So anyhow I stopped working on the plane and just stuck the Wasp Jr in it and called it quits.

The plane had a very interesting history, but sadly it's demise occurred in 1963 when it crashed into a tree while crop dusting in Australia

Incredibly, even though only the bent and rusty frame was all that was left, they are currently in the end stages of 'restoring' it.

Just my opinion, but to me this is like finding a rusty, beat up '57 Chevy hubcap and deciding to 'restore' the car. But I do admire their dedication and determination.

More can be found on the Facebook page dedicated to this project https://www.facebook.com/AntarcticBeechStaggerwing/?ref=page_internal

@bryan k said:

This did not quite turn out how I wanted. But it's good enough for now.

My problem these days is that every time I want to make a change in SketchUp and I need to restart the program, I often have to restart it 4 or 5 times in order to use it. I create over the course of days and sometimes weeks. That has forced me to expediency over creativity as I can lose hours over the course of a model in restarts. That's why you see more renders and less complex models from me.

Bryan,

Wow, do you mean that if you want to change anything in the model you are forced to restart Sketchup? What happens to the program when you try to make a change, does it freeze or what? This would drive me absolutely bonkers. I know less than nothing about troubleshooting SU (or any other program) but have you tried reinstalling it?

Your model is interesting, you come up with so many good ideas. Wish I had your imagination.

Steve

Hi,

All your comments are, as always, very much appreciated.

I've been very busy here. Managed to buy a house in Allegan, about 13 miles from here. Wasn't an easy task in such an absolutely insane seller's market. Every time something came up for sale it seemed like it was "Pending" almost immediately. Used the VA, that helped a lot. Now I'm in the process of moving, which is taking forever. It's just me and my minivan trying to move everything I've accumulated over 22 years of living here, with a two story barn, workshop, and big old farmhouse just stuffed with crap. I have a lot of wood (a lot!) and with the insane price of wood right now I'm keeping every bit of it. Trying to find a very large safety deposit box to put it all in . Found out very quickly that my old broken down body has it's limitations and can only be pushed so far. All this crap about growing old gracefully is just that, crap. Closed on the house almost two months ago, haven't spent a night in it yet. I figure that, with a little luck, by this time next year I will be finished moving. I didn't know it was possible to be so damned tired.

As Linda Ronstadt says, 'Poor Poor Pitiful Me'

Anyhow, again, thanks for your kind words. Hope everyone is doing well.

Happy holidays,

Steve

Nice render and technique. I like it when someone goes to the trouble of sharing their modeling methods

@tuna1957 said:

I'm wondering how many people my title will trick into seeing my silly little post.

I used a similar title - Playing with my "Thing" - when I posted my VW Thing a while back. Was actually a little hesitant about doing that, you never know who you're gonna offend nowadays. I did wimp out and put Thing in quotes tho

Nicely done

Dave,

I find it very impressive that you would take the time to provide such comprehensive and detailed suggestions and tips to help out a fellow forum member looking for help. Kudos to you!

Steve

Well, while I have no doubt that I will come across more stuff that will need fixing in the days and weeks to come, I think I've got everything working well enough to get by for now. I will NOT be installing DropBox again - their customer service leaves much to be desired. They didn't care at all about all the damage their program did to my computer, their only advice was to uninstall their program.

Anyhow, the Wagon Queen Family Truckster was never intended to be a 'typical American car', in fact just the opposite. It was purposely designed to be as ugly as possible for the 1983 movie 'National Lampoon's Vacation', starring Chevy Chase. It's one of my favorite comedies. If you haven't seen it yet, you really should. Chevy Chase was on top of his game in it.

Thanks for the wood textures, I have downloaded them and will keep them in standby in case the new textures I have been working on don't work out.

The Christmas card is in the mail, keep looking for it