The VG Resource

I've been willing to ask this over a year ago but I forgot to write a thread about it.  CN: PTE (3DS) uses .3ds files for their models but no matter what program or file conversion I use the file would not open at all or pop up an error.  I believe the file is suppose to open with 3DS Max flawlessly but it's not.  Is there a way to extract the model at all?

I uploaded one of the models here.
I hope there's a solution to this.

there's a quickbms script for the PS3 version here
http://ps23dformat.wikispaces.com/Non+PS2+Games

Thanks, I'll see what I can do.