Thanks for the tips. Since BMRT seems to be dead (or at least dying) i think I'll look into POV-Ray. I'm familiar with it. I used it about ten years ago with great results (3d studio ver 2 as I used at the time did not do raytracing). But since I'm getting old and comfortable I don't want to mess about with config-file/command line rendering, so does anybody know of any good front-ends? (I know there are some modellers based on POV-ray but since all I really want to do is basic rendering and some light setups I only need the bare essentials.)