How do I make a 3D shape or mesh transparent?

I have a photo of a bottle I need to mock up with a label I designed. Warping placed graphics isn't doing the trick, it looks wonky. I made a 3D mesh and loaded my label as a texture onto it so that it matches the shape and angle of the bottle. Problem is I don't want the gray mesh shape to be visible, I just want the label itself. I can't for the life of me figure out how to make the shape the label is wrapped around transparent while leaving the label visible. I'm using Photoshop CS4 and have bee looking online for answers but can't find any. Does anyone know how I can make the shape invisible or another method that warps the label in 3D space? Sure am missing the Render > 3D Transform option right about now…

You might try setting the opacity to zero for the other materials besides the label.
There is also a wine bottle preset under 3d-New Shape From Layer-Wine Bottle that might work better.

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