
mcsporran Coventry & Cebu All posts by this member | 1 of 130 Sat 2nd Nov 2013 2:25pm Member: Joined Oct 2013 Total posts:473 About two years ago I created a 3D model of the city centre, which is intended to represent the city as it was in 1960ish. It was created using Google's Sketchup program. Here is a sample view:
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NeilsYard Coventry All posts by this member | 2 of 130 Sat 2nd Nov 2013 8:32pm Member: Joined Aug 2010 Total posts:2857 Hi Mc. Yes please - cheers! What did you base the imagery on? |
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AD Allesley Park All posts by this member | 3 of 130 Sat 2nd Nov 2013 11:25pm Member: Joined Aug 2011 Total posts:418 I'd love to see it.
Do you use sketch up for any other projects or your own ideas?
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mcsporran Coventry & Cebu All posts by this member Thread starter | 4 of 130 Wed 3rd Dec 2014 7:00pm Member: Joined Oct 2013 Total posts:473 Having just upgraded to Sketchup Maker 2015, I've found it's possible to create animated walkthroughs of my models.
Broadgate circa 1960 animation |
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morgana the secret garden All posts by this member | 5 of 130 Wed 3rd Dec 2014 8:22pm Member: Joined Nov 2011 Total posts:1932 Brilliant, clever you 👍 and I love the Lady Godiva in pride of place like she should be, also enjoyed the tour via the Martyrs' mosaic and the red double decker bus that brings back memories. |
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Helen F Warrington All posts by this member | 6 of 130 Wed 3rd Dec 2014 8:35pm Moderator: Joined Mar 2013 Total posts:2583 Very clever. Like the bit where you climb aboard the bus. |
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 7 of 130 Wed 3rd Dec 2014 9:21pm Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5603 Thanks, John, for bringing FHP1 back to life ![]() |
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Dreamtime Perth Western Australia All posts by this member | 8 of 130 Thu 4th Dec 2014 2:36am Member: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:3477 Brilliant, always did like the top front seat on the bus. ![]() |
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NeilsYard Coventry All posts by this member | 9 of 130 Sun 10th Apr 2016 1:11pm Member: Joined Aug 2010 Total posts:2857 All - just to update this - not sure if this is the same person but there's a very clever person starting to model old Cov in 3D here. The results are fabulous! Enjoy! |
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 10 of 130 Sun 10th Apr 2016 1:37pm Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5603 They certainly are. Here's another! ![]() |
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NeilsYard Coventry All posts by this member | 11 of 130 Mon 11th Apr 2016 8:30am Member: Joined Aug 2010 Total posts:2857 I have been in touch with Pete - the chap who created these videos. He has just joined this forum so will hopefully be adding some history behind these here soon. Welcome Pete! |
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Osmiroid UK All posts by this member | 12 of 130 Mon 11th Apr 2016 10:46am Member: Joined Aug 2013 Total posts:380 These are great! I loved the one going up Hertford Street and down the Burges especially. They deserve more publicity. |
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NeilsYard Coventry All posts by this member | 13 of 130 Mon 11th Apr 2016 10:57am Member: Joined Aug 2010 Total posts:2857 Brody Swain is talking to the man behind these on BBC Coventry & Warwickshire today(Monday) after 2pm ![]() |
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mcsporran Coventry & Cebu All posts by this member Thread starter | 14 of 130 Mon 11th Apr 2016 12:13pm Member: Joined Oct 2013 Total posts:473 Wow! knowing exactly how long it takes to construct such models accurately, I can only wonder at the painstaking dedication it will take to complete such a project. My attempt to model Broadgate took almost as long as the actual building of it! I especially liked the way views of the model were sychronised with contemporary images. Awesome. |
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Helen F Warrington All posts by this member | 15 of 130 Mon 11th Apr 2016 1:15pm Moderator: Joined Mar 2013 Total posts:2583 The model is seriously cool! Exciting times or what! ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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