Thanks, yes I tried OBJ and it came in with extra face all over the place, FBX with the tweaks is spot on.
Infact i'm really impressed at just how well it imports! normally getting models into max with out having to spend ages cleaning them up is quite problem.
Below another quickie with HDRI light.

Going to work through a nice little sketching book 'Sketching by Koos eissen' as this seem like a nice way to learn how to translate ojects to this way of modeling.