Hi Chris, I used almost entirely the spline modeller with maybe a couple of booleans thron in. I have to admit that I havent really gotten the hang of the vertex modeler yet. I do so love that spline modeler though. :o) Oh and I cant take credit for the shaders, i used mainly shaders from litst Real World Metals collection (very much worth the purchase by the way), with some tweaks here and there. Cheers, H&B