Hello All,

I've started learning Maya a month a go through tutorials...Jet bike and others...and I felt I made good progress...but now I tried my own model, and stuck at a very begining.

I started the model with Poly Plane extrude, and got a good start, but ended up with a bumpy model and my mesh all messed up....refer to the pictures below...so I have a few questions:

1. Is there a way to reduce my polygons and get them sorted with some tool?
2. Is there a way (notice the pattern )to iron out my polygon surface, at the moment, it is all bumpy and uneven...

Also, if you could tell me, how would you start modeling this specific model? I mainly used plane extrusion, so maybe I was totally off....thanks for your feedback..

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