This is quite cool but I have to ask a couple of generic questions (and I'm not trying to poke holes in your model, here): why would a spaceship have what appears to be a wooden plank deck near turrets A and B? And why would all the turrets be arranged as if the ship fought in a gravitational field?
It's something I've always wondered about these ships. Obviously the design aesthetic has been established from the initial use of the Yamato, but most of the pure spaceships in that universe seem designed to fight from water. I haven't seen enough of the episodes, but are there ships that have a more non-gravity oriented design?
And, BTW, the lighting looks amazing. Came out really good.
Paul