Holler - thanks for the suggestion... I also cannot believe it is memory.
Don (Idonno) suggested the same thing, a texture path problem. But I just loaded Tomora using the Content Paradise download. She has worked fine in ohter pictures. I would think if it was a texture memory path it would always be buggered up.
Funny thing ... I had a Jepz stem prop in the picture, and when I turned it off (still there but just invisible for rendering) the problem went away. And when I think about it, ohter pictures that have included these props have also had rendering problems... so I wonder if somehow the Jepz steam prop is not buggering up the file texture path.