JOK64 - whatever that may mean ??? but I don't have to understand it
Thank you ALL for your kind comments and in the first place my son was really pleased that I used his "material" for such a Saturday afternoon sketch.
By the way - it still surprises me today how little the effort is to make something presentable with sketchup...

There is a real need for action!
Vacuum cleaner and compressed air (in appropriately low pressure doses) are certainly the instruments of choice. I read here that the fan´s revolutions generated in this way can in turn generate currents themselves that may cause damage, especially to the CPU. When I do this work once or twice a year, I lock the fans simply with one finger. I also recommend using a very soft brush and please make sure not to wear nylon clothing for this work...

sorry, somehow I missed this post from you

@joe wood said:

yeah I tried brushing the gunk but it didn't really remove any so I'll wait on the tech who's coming over tomorrow. He'll also install a new usb port as none of mine are working.

...a great into again - in my head I already have some pictures and I am curious how it will go on!

Hi All,
I´m having a son who lives in a distant town and who loves to make graphity-art and every now and then sends me his sketches made in his sketchbook with pens on my phone.
I am very happy about this gesture of my son however always hoping that these designs do not end up on any walls of uninvolved people and hoping he does not end up in any police station then (I think that at least parents here can understand this).
Anyway, my son's cell phone message yesterday was an occasion for me to edit and use his sketchbook photo to virtually simulate his graphity design in a fast and dirty done virtual SketchUp mockup in a presumed real size before he does it analogue
Except for the self-made brick wall and the corresponding brick- and grphitytextures, all other model details are taken from the 3D warehouse.
[SketchUp 2017 Make / Photoshop / Enscape]

PS - since even the graphity scene as a whole is quite alien and suspect to me, I chose a gloomy and rainy scenario for this little work

good!

@dave r said:

T...Then I use FotoSketcher to create the watercolor effect...

which was a very good tip Dave, thanks! (it is good that you can save your own settings done in FotoSketcher as your own preset and load them again)

Thanks Tuna!

@rich o brien said:

I want one... ...That first image is lush!

Thanks Rich - and yes, with pleasure and your cash is always welcome !!!

Dave R introduced me to the tool Foto Sketcher in this article here and I used this work to play a little bit with it
https://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=75154

Hi All - Inspired by a trip to Italy this summer I modelled this Italian Classic these days. Not a big deal but fun!
[SkUp 2017 Make and entirely in SubD technique / Enscape / Photoshop / Foto Sketcher]

(edited first picture)

Thanks Tuna also from me - your tip fits perfectly for me at the moment too

again - thanks a lot All for your interesting and sympathetic comments on this coincidentally so well fitting model-mix of my Cruiser and Hellnbak's cool plane and even cooler plane engine...

of course I saw it Jo-Ke

...excellent Jo-Ke! - and deservedly so, this order

... Hi Majid, the freeware "ShiftN" works fine for me

Somehow I haven't seen you for a long time or simply overlooked you?
Great post Pixero

I love it!

I would always be afraid that some beast or villain(?) is looking at me from out there especially when it gets even darker!
A good render for me though with a nice light mood!

@tuna1957 said:

Cool

ja, cool!

... once again - A Parking Garage
despite the client's request I decided to model only a small section of a rather large parking garage instead of the whole building because this effort only increases the amount of sweat, but does not bring more awareness.
Since I quite often also do such tasks I maintain a SketchUp file with a growing number of items which are always needed here - these linear lights, wiring harnesses, barriers, any technical looking lines on the ceiling and of course cars. Lights or cars of this collection are already equipped with matching (in ths case Enscape-)light fixtures so I can copy paste these into my model and I already know that the light settings will already be render ready without much fine tuning.
All in all a pretty fast process...

thanks all above! ...update final version