3D rational...

Coming from a graphic design course I have not really done a lot of 3D Modeling, and the only time I have done it I used Lightwave. 3D Studio Max is quite a lot different from what I remember Lightwave is so basically I felt like I was starting from scratch but oh well I like a challenge. The only problem about being a mac user is that i couldn't install 3DS MAX on my macbook with out boot camping it which i didn't really want to do, luckily my friends let me use their pc's. I didn't really want to make a really elaborate 3D lair as I didn't want to get ahead of myself and also I love a bit of simplicity. So i thought instead of having a lair full of technology and clutter I thought that if I was a superhero when I returned to my lair i'd want to kick back and relax. I based my main room on something that I have always loved, which is skateboarding. I have always wanted to have my own indoor skatepark for whenever the weather is appalling, so I decided to create my own, suiting my style of skateboarding. The ramps were not really that hard to model as I used basic shapes and bent planes to create transitions on the ramps, and again basic shapes with pipes to create fun boxes with handrails. I then created my house, which is a basic design which a had no problem with, things went smoothly with creating the windows too which I was happy about, but when it came to creating objects for inside the house I really struggled. I wish the 3DS MAX was a lot clearer, as i spent half my time looking for things that I couldn't find. After i had modeled everything i got round to texturing, which seemed simple at first until i moved my 3DS MAX file over to another version, which seem to conflict with the old textures, and whenever I tried to override the texture for some reason nothing happened. This was really unfortunate as I thought that my 3D was going smoothly, I would love to have another try at 3D but maybe on a program that i got on with more. I think that if i would have applied myself more and spent more time getting to know the program i think my project would be a lot better than it is now.