Thanks for the kind words folks. This model took about four days to build, roughly 40 hours of work all told. When i mentioned the file size, that was included the referenced image maps, of which none were smaller than 600x400 resolution, with many of them as much as twice that size. For those interested, the primariy mode of modeling was straight mesh using continual applications of the Meshsmooth modifier in Max3 and Max3's new NURMS system. I took progress shot throught the modeling process and will eventually do a tutorial or write up of some sort on the model's creation if the interest in the model merits it. Within the next couple of days I should be able to post this up to an FTP site which I will announce here. Thanks again for the kind word people. Keep modeling!