Bandai has been around for a very long time and for many years was a provider of many highly detailed 1:48th scale armor model kits. Some of these were quite impressive with the full interiors and drive trains represented in small scale with all of the details that many other model companies only hinted at or ignored completely.
Moritz Fabian Lünstroth uploaded a very nice kit review of the
Bandai 1:700 scale Deep Sea Drilling Vessel "Chikyu" (kit number 178384) at Modellversium.de.
Clicking on the thumbnail or the html above will get you to the review
This model caught my attention because of the hull shape and the many small details that could be used on other what if type projects. Or you could build the "Chikyu" as is and turn it into a sea-based rocket launching platform, or build it as the model is purposed for deep sea drilling. :)
The only detractor I can see would be the price of the kit which for some may be a bit much to pay for a source of spare parts.