Model importing workflow and tools

[Wolv34ine]

Has any of you good people got any links to tutorials on importing static models to HL2. I haev seen it mentioned here and there, and the steampowered news repoerts that the funtionality has been implemented now, however info seems scarce.
So what I am after ( as I am sure are others) is a workflow of importing custom models from Max?

I sure hope MAX 5 is supported...