Haha thats good work Chris, makes me feel a million times better about the crap that I produce! How the hell do you get it there in the first place, let along take the photos!
If my tank had wheels on the cabinet I might be able to wheel it out to get a decent shot, but really trying to capture something in that way would be impossible. I also think Amano and Co. use medium format cameras which are incredibly detailled and normally used for taking shots of landscapes and suchlike. You can guarantee the lenses alone would cost 1000s.
Is that a plate cammera!!?? I'd have thought that background is a translucent white material which can have spotlights shone in certain places on it to create that lighting effect.