Quote - I once imported a car model that was in 3ds format.  It had about 200 material zones, all designated by number.  I played with it a while, and got the glass transparent, but I gave up diving what the rest were......

That would be a rather easy fix. Import model into Wings, then you could see what is where, and combine some that can be combined, etc.

                                                                                                                    

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