This little beast is certainly going to take a LOT of work to make it look like anything. I got this off of eBay, but it wasn't described fully so it arrived different than how I pictured it. No worries as it was just a few dollars. The kit is poorly cast with surface details that looks like sandpaper. I plan on just sanding the whole thing down to a smooth sphere and just painting the panels on. Anything more would be grossly out of scale and only make it look worse. I think the funniest thing about this one is the snowflake for the base. I think that the Imperial symbol was attempted, but missed. This one is a bit down my list on projects to start, although it could probably be knocked out pretty quick.