Sorry Mchale, I think it will be much more intricate.
I like Ninjatoes' DS9, Cmags I also contemplated digitizing it's textures but personally wanted something with a little more oomph.
This one is intended to be rather large DesignR, as soon as I begin the unfolding process and see where all the details I'm adding will take me scale-wise, I'll definitely come knocking on the experts' doors here to determine a final scale.
As I'm writing this a horrid idea crept into my thoughts... So many models are in 1:1700 already................