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Well if my calculations are correct, a cobra destroyer is about 1.5 kilometers*. Now that makes a cobra technically shorter than the armored prow of a Retribution, including it's prow ram.
A warsphere is what? bigger than a battleship (albeit hollowish so the mass may be the same or even less) If a battleship is 42 feet long in Epic, you have, suffice to say, a hell of a project. Now you are only making a fraction of the sphere, if you do it right you can get in under 18 feet.
Really though, who cares about scale? It may be a bit small (1/8 actual) but if it looks half decent, is painted with more than 5 colors, and can function as more than just terrain you did your job as well as the pros at GW.
As for materials? with something this big, don't be afraid to use plexiglass or even wood for the base, you can easily cover it in plasticard (which you will need LOTS of for all the panneling) and random gribblies. Also, don't be afraid to ask for pictures and sketches. Hell, even ask the FW guys for advice! They designed the mini, I'm sure they would be interested in something like this, and who knows what they have that could help! With all the repetitive designs and shapes on something this massive, making a master set of fully gribbled panels and casting them would be infinitely useful.
Most importantly, don't let the project intimidate you. It's huge, it's a lot of work, and it will take a lot of time, but in the end it will be worth every second of it.
:Edited to correct the length of a Cobra destroyer
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I've often thought of doing something similar with an Ork Drop-Rok, though it'd be no where near as big as a Kroot Warsphere would be... anyway, good luck with this! 
