Is that yep im dumb or yep its a uv tutorial, heh
Sorry ive only been using Maya for two weeks with no manual :: collage disks :: so things you probably find real easy are very new to me. Anyway, ive used a cylindrecial uv map on the whole object, then the object appears in the editor window.
So now i'm gonna start your tutorial again and start breaking my object into parts... watch this space ;-)