OK, I'm going to show my ignorence here - "bone transforms"?
I take it that from the sound of it, these are built directly into the models and that is what causes the main problem?
What about something like the lifebelt that's in there as well?
It's only a singleton and doesn't appear to animate in any way.
I've managed to get it to appear on the guncrews ala Ducimus' getting the M1 helmets to appear as well.
Problem is, the crew models podgy gut sticks through it!
Is it possible to alter that into a proper "Mae West" type shape without any affect?
Mike.