15 days ,Don't worried some good modelers take years in a single model, I tried to take no more than 3 months .

I knew it when I saw those beautiful round shapes,My friend take and advise learn how to export more than anything FIRST...
,for example

I watch my model in FSX While I'm making it

,Animations ,shapes IN THE FSX GAME I use FSX-SDK-SP2

I'm working in a md 83 at this moment working on its flaps animation ,so I make then in gmax (Its the same as 3d max 5,7,9,) I'm showing how I do work and so far it has work very well for me


Never forget this


otherwise You won't really see what are you making ,just because you see it in max it doesn't mean it will shown in FSX the same

Now I see you have some Vertices issues ,Right?
   

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Let's do something close your proyect and run Max 9 ,Make a box ,a simple box, in the tab  FSTool/ LOD tools  assing a name  Example "Box"
Now
try to export it as Flightsim DirectX (X) file

this is the place where TWO files *Xanim and *.X you have to export

Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X SDK\SDK\Environment Kit\Modeling SDK\3DSM9\Plugins

I hope you are running windows Xp otherwise ...we will in trouble
NOt because it doesn't run ,is just that the procedure is diferent

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Oh Gosh!!
well we will export and follow the shot I post under this

then later we will deal with the VISTA issue

Still No Luck....Ok i will give you step by step what I do...
1st..Open 3ds max 9....
2nd..Create Box 
3rd ..Click on AcesTools...Open LOD export tab
4th...type in friendly name "Box01" and hit Create GUID...
then
5th..Go to File...Export...then get error  " failed loading animation definition file M:\Program Files\...\3DSM9\Plugins\ModelDef.xml

Ok I have managed to get a .x file exported to desktop named Box01.x  ..heeehhha  now what? lol

ps..yes i did just that ..copy xml to plugins  ...thanks

lol i am reading but it makes no sense yet.... oh dear

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Oh dear , first of all Set your system to NOT HIDDEN FILES  find it in folder option otherwise you won't be able to see some of the hidden files

Original Entry by Bill Leaming

Find the send to folder which is
in vista

C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo

go back to the pluin folder you just exported the files and find XtoMdl.exe right click and make a shortcut of it for a moment in your desktop..
Next, right click on the moved shortcut and edit the "target" like this:

%windir%\system32\cmd.exe /K E:"\FSX_SDK\SDK\Environment Kit\Modeling SDK\3DSM9\Plugins\xtomdl.exe" /XANIM /DICT:E:"\FSX_SDK\SDK\Environment Kit\Modeling SDK\bin\modeldef.XML" > buildlog.txt


now place this shortcut from your desktop to here C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo

now rename it like "Aircraft compiler " or anyname to remind you..

Close it up

Go to the plugin folder Find the X file example Chopper.X  right click on it and send it to "Air Compiler " or the name you choose.

Important: Copy and paste exactly this

XtoMdl /XANIM /DICT:..\..\bin\modeldef.xml Chopper.x

Chopper.X is the name I gave it can be md600.x it has to be the same name as the X file is in the plugin folder

don't forget to type the .x
let me know as soon you have the mdl file which should be now in the same plugin folder