Blimey!! cant believe all the feedback ive had from this, and all positive!! thanks so much! there must be some crits out there though somewhere? lol...thanks everyone, i am plannin on texturing this when its finished, the majority of the modelling is done but theres some work to do yet on the world-holding balloon thing and lots of little bits which might be at first unnoticable such as a few belts and ropes to link all the cogs and gears up. (not to mention the world itself which is basically a sphere crammed with lil houses). great idea 13th resident but i think i would have to adjust everything to much to get it to work, it would be nice to animate it and will one day but at the moment a frame render of the whole structure is taking over 2 hours!! anyway keep an eye for more updates this week! cheers 'i am available for work'