I have been working on this for a few weeks and was given permission from Atolm for the go aheadl. I have always loved this model since it was posted (a long time go). i am 98% done with the templates and i am working on the alpha build.
Model/mesh credits: Atolm/Azel, Robert "Tus" Dufrane
Texture credits: Robert "Tus" Dufrane
Model/Mesh edit and unwrap: Wulf111
Ok I have done some final tweaking to the mesh and i think i have the size about right. here are a few pics of what i have built so far on the alpha build. its going very well so far.