That model is incredible!!
Now to the topic at hand…
I’ve tried Blender on numerous occasions…It was the first 3D modelling software I used but the controls are so counter-intuitive I never managed to create anything. I then tried Wings 3D and got on really well with it. It is certainly missing features when compared with Blender but at least I could model in it. As I learned the concepts I thought I’d try Maya and wow, it was great to use. It could do everything I needed and more. It is a great tool…but, and this is a big but…It’s buggy as hell, constantly crashing on me and therefore unusable. For example last night I spent an hour making a terraced house and then it crashed and I lost everything. I started again being sure to save at every step and subdivided an entire wall in order to add some details and when it came to removing the unnecessary edges, it would only let me delete 90% of the unwanted one’s. I don’t know why, perhaps it was something I’d done but in any case it is enough to make me look for other options.
Good luck in your search for a decent modelling program, I’m starting to think they don’t exist!!