Hi John,
The Kongo was a striking ship both before and after reconstruction. I prefer her pre-refit. Very British.
I would suggest the simplest approach would be to write and ask the curator at the museum if they have any record photographs.
However uncasing a model that size would be a big ask!
The museums web site states there are some historic photos at in the Vickers Photographic Archive.
Museum website:
http://www.dockmuseum.org/info.php?s...=all&t=objects
Vickers website:
Vickers Photographic Archive
Not much use.