Long time reader, Firt time Renderer

How do I edit a model? It won't let me do anything, I am using 3DMAX, I have no idea what the tools do, can someone give me some help.

ooh an LTRFTR
lol...well if you wanna learn how to model from scratch you should just play around with the tools for a little. if you can already model but want to edit bliz models you should check out the tut section