Great stuff Wayne. When that's all assembled and painted, it could look just like a recce photo !
Just to give me an idea of size, what's the approximate dimensions of the base, and that warehouse roof (?) on the fret on the left in the second pic ?
Another pic for you Terry, with a couple of parts in place and the Yamato battleship on the left. including an aerial pic showing Kure harbour in 1945 and the section modelled from the harbour....
And the instructions are really very good! But study them because they will tell you how to build it with the engine bay open and then after all that work, how to if you did not want it open.