Xpleet, it kinda sounds like you are wanting this package of models to be OK (into wish fulfillment), but it really isn't. Nobody knows why this big model collection was marketed this way, but this was back in the days of MAX Version 3.5 (or maybe even earlier), when hardly anyone could afford the price of MAX. DeEspona was/is a talented modeller, and he got the proportions right on just about everything he tried. But, very many of the models didn't translate out of MAX correctly (and back then it's file format was exactly *.3ds. So, yes, everyone has tried *.3ds.) Others were partly OK, maybe go0d for one scene from one angle, but flaws in the model from other sides. Others, had many other kinds of flaws. Almost as if somebody tried to clean them up before packaging, but only alloted 20 minutes per model. So, if it couldn't be cleaned up in time, it went in just "as is." Nobody knows why - the riddle of the Sphynx. Anyhow, there are maybe 12-17 good models at a decent resolution in the package, and that's all. DeEspona is active again this year, and he is slowly cleaning up his collection. The "good" versions are slowly coming onto the market over at TurboSquid, as well as elsewhere. (But check the submission date before buying!) Over the years, almost every beginning modeller has tried to take these things and fix them. For many people with no real modelling skills, but access to a 3d modelling package, that has seemed the path of least resistance. Even today, every day, someone takes a DeEspona model, changes the textures or fixes up a part, and then tries to sell it on TurboSquid as their own original product. Drives the site managers nuts. Millions of man-hours wasted on this thing over the years. And the most widely pirated set of models in existence. But, you are better off saving your money to spend on a good model that you really want for a purpose that you have clearly in mind at the time. Otherwise you are going to buy a junk collection of stuff that is just going to mostly sit on your hard drive until the day it wears out. Better to spend your time searching the web for freebies - there are thousands and thousands of outstanding models out there for free. Just takes some search time, and some good bookmarking. And save your money for the real stuff. And, if you can't find the real stuff that you need, ask a modeller to build it for you, or ask if someone knows where a good free version might lie.