Is there any 3DS import script? I remember - years ago - I wrote demo (without any external libraries) which read 3DS format, so it should be quite easy to write import script. But I can’t find it anywhere. 
3DS files are chunked files – just like lightwave and truespace (see the import/export suite on my page.) So it is easy to write the script.
But, someone (Reevan?) already wrote a 3DS importer.