Last fall I build this ship in three weeks, building 8 hours a day. Many times I had to take the bricks apart and try again to really make it fit, so it was designed while building it.
I'd like to think it is pretty much minifig scale. I looked at as many pictures as I could find of the original ship from the movie and I believe I got the sails right at least. However the third mast should have been further back. I only realized that when it was well to late to fix it. But I'm still happy with the result.