Mayaniac - cheers and no probs, sounds like you're getting into some good coding stuff. Actionscript is quite a nice language as it learns you object oriented techniques and has similarities to javascript and java. I did some protoype work for my flocking tool in flash and it helped me to get a better understanding of things before diving into Maya and learning Python.

Here's another update. Its one of the 9 radial elements of the engine and still has plenty of detail to be added. Didnt know whether I'd get into modelling the complex areas but its really interesting to see how all the elements work together to drive the engine

Most of the large lower central piece consists of heat disipation fins (like on a heatsink on your computer CPU) so I dont yet know the best way to tackle that.





and a visual to show you how it will fit together once completed


Simon