Hopefully, this is the correct forum for this, or if not, someone can direct me to the appropriate forum.
I am new to Sketchup.
I found an excellent tutorial here: http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?22914-DIY-Modeling-a-Car-Truck-in-SketchUp and some less useful ones in the 3D warehouse and on YouTube.
I might try that at some point, but I figure someone familiar with Sketchup could finish the model for me in the time it took me to position the blueprints.
To help - this is just about exactly what I am looking for - but it is not in sketchup and I don't have a paid membership to download it: http://www.3dcadbrowser.com/preview.aspx?modelcode=2546 (preferably without the wing and without fogs, and with detailed headlights - but those things I could either live with or experiment with if someone did the basic model).
Here's a similar one: http://www.movinggraphics.ca/3D_Car_Models.htm (blue car - 4th row down).
Here's a blueprint image: http://www.the-blueprints.com/modules/vectordrawings/preview-wm/ford_focus_sedan_2000.jpg (rear window shape looks off in the top view - Euro markers, but otherwise good).
There are some models in the 3D warehouse that could maybe be converted, but no sedans:
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=9b0ab319b19167c4e3f7a74e12a274ef&prevstart=0 (2003 hatch)
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=eb9e07b20b350cf84f1cb174d735547a&prevstart=24 (2005 Sedan - Not crazy about the front bumper and hood-fender transition, but it looks awkward on the real car also - I'm sure I couldn't do nearly that well).
Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions!