Hi Barry, welcome to MoI!

You can bring GIF images into MoI as a background image to use as a tracing guide. To do that, use the View > Image command, check out here for some screenshots of where to access this command:
http://moi3d.com/forum/index.php?webtag=MOI&msg=2546.44

Once you're in the Image command, use the "Add" button in the command options area to add in a new one, that will let you pick the .gif file and then you draw a rectangle for where to place it.


Aircraft tend to be one of the more advanced and demanding type of models to undertake though, it's probably a good idea to try some more simple projects first to gain more familiarity with MoI before doing that.

- Michael