Boofredlay - Thanks for that. It's not great but it gives me a great starting point. I am trying to build the 123 but my sketchup experience is limited to Architectural models where the sides and corners are usually flat or simple curves. This the first attempt at a complex, multi curved object. Not sure how it's going. I am trying to use the follow me tool but i can already tell it's not exactly right.

I need this for a retirment gift for my father in June (after 30+ years) from the Airforce. He's worked on 4 planes and I am trying to group together and have painted by a local artist. We've agreed a fee based on me providing the finished perspective. So, I am going to continue with this and hope it works out. If anyone has tips or is willing to help with a section (ie, the wings, nose, tail, ect.) please let me know. I have attached the file to date, plus the image I proveded the artist for his estimate (minus the 123 + background). The 123 will be the first plane in the line so it needs to be fairly nice - which makes my life more difficult.

Thanks for the help (if any) in advance. I'll try to post updates I a move along.

Joe

Work in progress

Rough Sketch

Joe,
This third one is really interesting.
The way You placed the angle of the cam and
inserted the background gives a feeling
that it is a huge model. great work.
Mateo.

There was no rendering of this image. It is just SU and some Photoshop tricks. The final skp file was only 1.8 MB. All of the trees, cars, and people were done in PS. We have a nice RPC library here and it adds a lot to the basic SU image - I think.

nice one jean, your is a lot cleaner than mine, a lot more accurate a much better component.

Delray Beach Florida

P Miller
rong name but it's for your good eye

dtr

I dug up another overall view. It gives you a better idea about the massing and scale of the building.

URC-view-1.jpg

Thanks for posting the front; the use of the red makes more sense to me. Looks great

VERY NICE WORK!

While we could use both versions simultaneously with v.5 this is not possible with v.6.
If you have enough machines though, you can install the free version on one/some of them and work there when you need multiple instances of SU running on the same computer.