Although I have still got unit 6 to finish, I know I don't have the skills to do what I want. I think I missed understanding something fundamental in Maya at the beginning of the course because I just didn't get it.
My main problem was with co-ordinates, so I have spent some time on GCSE bitesize to get a grip on x,y,z.
So I have started again, from the top, and I am working through all the tutorials, even the ones that look really scary.