Thanks Bonebrew! You where bang on with your answers :) Haha If I got good with Max then maybe but I think it would be better done by someone learning Max. I feel that allot of tutorials miss out the "simple" because the tutors don't even consider that simple something as they long forgotten about it.
I don't want to hijack this useful thread - but was wondering if we could expand this to include helpful tools or tutorials in the opposite direction. Does anyone have any links or tutorials that might benefit an advanced 3dsMax user transitioning to maya?