Its nice but since you expect citicism...
Its doesn't look that 'big'. Maybe its the the highlighting on each panel that makes the model appear more fixed in my minds eye? A different you must have seen is here

(Edit, hmm, image not showing, its here
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m4noGk....er.jpg)
The model is a poorer quality than the otters and the paint job must have been a nightmare. I don't know if such a thing can be done on the cruiser as maybe the detail would spoil the effect?
Hell maybe all it needs is a few banks of windows, but of course what idiot puts windows on a warship?

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