Sorry for my incredibly late reply, I wasn't aware of your question.
I did complete the build and I still love it. It looks amazing. Getting the parts wasn't that difficult, I got everything on bricklink and just having checked my old orders, I spent around 80 euro's (in the Netherlands). The building proces was quite difficult, having to figure out all the techniques used. It looks exactly like the original but I'm sure the techniques I used are very different here and there.