12 i guess
probably 0 becouse dont think it will ever serve as a transport. there may be some chance we could see it as military transport in same maps if someome will do it. becouse didnt see much new stuff lately... (maps, models...)
there is 6x2 titles of space inside. doors are 2 wide. so probably 8 soliders.
I still want to replace the Raptor armed dropship in our maps. And if someone provides a model that fits our needs, this is not a huge deal. So there is no reason to be that pessimistic.
The biggest problem with our models is texturing most of the time. But if the model itself is good enough, we may decide to just put it in and hope for somebody to step up and do a good texture for it some day.
OC, the Raptor uses alien technologie, and the model is expected to show this. Also, it needs to carry ten soldiers.
For your model, I think it already looks very good. Showing the weapons this detailed is not good imo, because the equipment may change. So I think a more subitle weapon bay may be in order. Did you check how much tris the other dropship models have? Imo yours could take some more details here and there.
My only concern from your pics right now is that it looks much like a Firebird II.