I contacted him regarding this, a couple months ago.... he had found some cheap overseas help on it though

yeah...that's what i'm saying...owner permission. i honestly dont think it'll help what with what he's doing anyway.

..but i have 'faked' a larger manhattan model by going nuts downloading stuff from 3dwarehouse...there are ALOT of manhattan buildings on there.

i've got a couple blocks of low rise buildings i was hired to model from photos.... not sure that's very helpful though..and not sure i'm 'allowed' to share

thanks so much everyone

yeah...i NEVER thought i'd ever go out on my own..never wanted that insecurity....but here i am..haha..

I make a living (I think you can call it that..haha) with sketchup.. modelling and rendering... and also working with another architect or two doing a bit of design/drafting in acad. I worked full time as an architect, and did the modelling/rendering at night for like a year..and when I had a pretty steady client-base... I took the leap and quit my job... I did have somewhat of a guarantee of the autocad work for a bit, so that helped my decision and kept me afloat in the beginning. Who knows how long it'll last, but I've been on my own for over a year now and work keeps flowing in...it was definitely helpful to be in the business for 5 years and make alot of contacts... fingers crossed... good luck to you guys!

yay mac..haha.. traded in my g3 iMac (actually, it died) for a 3.0ghz macbook... with boot camp installed... so windows xp pro is on there as well.... best of both worlds.

someone sent this to me yesterday....so awesome.

i too need to find something other than sketchup to do animations in

wow..really impressive... nice job on the background for reflections....

happy bday, steven.

haha...that'd be my partner I was just snapping off embarassing pictures

few more pics from the day...

those are actually kosei k1's.. painted gold.. they are about 14.5 lbs.. volk's are way too much $$ for this car

and yes, the top is indeed painted satin black

i'd loooove to take on Laguna Seca.

glenn.. some awesome tracks there!

this even was at Lime Rock Park in CT http://www.limerock.com ..awesome track.

i've run (in my b5 audi a4) at Watkins Glen (in the wet..yech), BeaveRun (western PA), and Pocono North and Pocono South (multiple times)

here's a few pictures from my buddy's wife... still have to grab the shots off of his SLR.. .

friend's mini...

hey guys..thanks for the comments! the car was built under no rules, really.. we run mostly Time Trials and just open track days...its just for fun now...

we hit the track on Friday and the car performed great! way faster than we expected and after a bit of adjustment on the rear end.. it handled like a champ...pics and vids to come soon!

about 10 months in the making.. we finally got to test our VW Corrado we've been building up.. its 99% done... and will be 100% for our first track day on Friday.. we dragged it out of Brooklyn to a stadium lot in north jersey for testing before we hit the track..

the car went from this..

to a shell..

and to this, ultimately





we're very excited..testing went great. two of us did all of the work..if anyone wants anymore info, i have a gillion pics..haha..

i didnt take them...i swear....

like from this morning....or am i crazy....AGAIN? haha..

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great stuff, as usual, steven.. loving it. keep updating.