Where can I find .blend files to download and experiment with?
You can download a couple of mine. I have my tie fighter model (over 2 MB) here:
http://www.synchcorp.com/alex/3d/tie_fighter.blend
The graphic for this is at:
http://www.synchcorp.com/alex/3d/tiefighter.jpg
and my lightcycle (500K) here:
http://www.synchcorp.com/alex/3d/lightcycle.blend
The graphic for this is at:
http://www.synchcorp.com/alex/3d/bigroom.jpg
Alex