AG214, send me the 3DS file and your texture to mkubani(--at--)gmail.com I will check it over the weekend. Please on the texture indicate a part of it which one you would like to use for the upper deck (e.g. wooden or metal texture). If there are some other UVW mappings u want me to redo, also indicate those.
I have never done any modelling for SH 3 before, only for IL-2 FB simulator, so if I get stuck I will pass the files to Cdre Gibs.