Yup, I second those thoughts! I started building one some time ago, but it has since been on the back burner. If you were at MW Con 3 you may have caught a glimpse of it there.
The reverse engineering & complex assembly takes quite a lot of time to decipher & construct. I started mine on a 1/55 scale, staying as true to the reference as possible, & made the necessary modifications where necessary, but keepng all the "opening" hatches functional. So far, I've only gotten this far. & now 1/55 interest had died down some... (sigh).
But enjoy what there is.