Thanks. yeh il work on the plug agian. adding some more sections to round it off a bit.

with getting the bulb to light up, can i set the material of the bulb to similar to glass and then simply place a light (ambient) inside it? Then play with the transparancy of the shade to allow the light ti pass thro it?

If thats not going to work then i hvae no real clue haha and id really like to texture and render this model as im pretty happy with the way its turned out. The majority of the model is in SubD's other than the socket and plug/cable.

cheers for all the help

Robin