Yeah, same here, I kinda like the design, and can see a few Star Wars style influences in there if I really look hard, but yeah, it doesn't have much of an overall Star Warsy feel to me.

wtf?

It's designed by the Mon Calamari. To me it looks like a blend of an MC 80 and a gallofree medium transport. Very star warsy to me...

Anyway, It's not that hard to model, as I have said, I have started designing the overall 3d shape.

what I have so far:
http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/4278/banthawip1co1.jpg

not much to look at, it's just some lines I drew to get the basic shape, once I am finished the design I will trace over it with polygons.

I've been doing it off and on for maybe 5 or 6 years, never really completed anything, always hit a wall when it comes to texturing or adding it to a game. I use rhino 3d for making my models, i know 3ds a bit but not very well.