The corner shop I used as a child, now turned into flats!

Beautiful, very clean and sharp

Another beauty Marius
John

Csaba, No problem, I knew what you meant. My biggest fault is wanting to start a new model before I have finished the one I'm working on!. Sketchup is just great.
regards John

John, thanks. I've no website but feel free to download the pictures from here.
John

Thank you Csaba, I know I should spend more time on each but I'm in very short supply of patience.
regards John

Bygone Days..

Thanks Lee, the brick isn't SU but it's a pretty standard jpeg that I altered the colour. I've been looking at pics of the Shables lately.
Dave thank you also.

Out of bordem today,this is what you'd see if some rotten sod stuck you down a drain.........

The Cliff, Seaton Carew.... http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&tab=wl
I must have passed these four houses every other day for the last 20yrs+ and never took much notice of them. The style is so different from all others around them, maybe they would not look out of place in The Shambles, York?
John

Marius, these are something else, just modeled my first car and it puts me even more in awe of your modelling skills, just simple things you put in like those containers on there own are superb....
Take care John

Hello Lee, I use photoshop to change Saturation, contrast,colour ect before rendering as you would in your finished render. The last render " beyond the gates " the brick was yellow so I changed it to red! I hope I've explained this ok. Then use PS as you would on your finished render.
regards John

Kristoff, SHAHEE & steelers05, thank you for your comments.
Rich, I posted a link in one of my earlier models for some great textures. There is only Two texture in this model thats not standard SU materials, the stone and sandstone, but I always Photoshop materials before rendering! it saves so much time in PP.
regards John

TIG, thank you, after I wrote my reply, I re-read your post again! the answer was in your 1st post, sorry.
Cragside is some building!!! you've got me thinking now... 1. not sure if i'd ever be able to get the scale correct, 2. not sure if my PC could handle a model of that size even if I modeled it in sections. I've just started watching youtube videos on the house.....
regards John

Bob, Thank you for those links, found 2 little pics on the web and jumped in feet first, patients as they say!
The youtube video has me a little confused, starts at ground level (through what I presume is the same arch in my model), down 3 flights of stairs and the windows are at ground level!!
TIG, Thank you, I'll take a look at that, always up for new ideas.
Regards John

Thank you Dale, Yes I think it would be sandstone, hand carved I would imagine, a great deal of skill must have gone into those old buildings!now sadly missing.
regards John

Thank you Lee, The Toons changed so much over the last 20yrs. I need to go up again soon for a look around.
Take care John

Gaieus, Thank you. I posted a reply earlier but it dissapeared!. She's a great little building, wish there were more like her left!
John

Jesmond Dene (Banqueting Hall?) Found a small pic of this great little building, not sure if its the Hall or just a coach house/Gate-house, but anyway it's a great little building. Imagine the work that went into constructing this; them lads won't have been on bonus! Maybe TIG can put me right on it's use as it's in his neck of the woods.
John

Brilliant! I love watching you lads model like that, I've certainly got a lot to learn!
John

mitcorb,Dale and Bryan, thank you for your comments, as long as I'm not boring people I'll keep posting.
regards John