It's looking fantastic! What fun you must be having. Totally understand about the paneling. My mom & dad had it in the front room, while I was growing up it just was there but 40 years later, it still looked to be in good shape but made the front room look dated. When we put the house on the market 5 years ago my sister wanted to take it down but the real estate agent convinced her you never know what a potential buy wants, it may be the one thing that really grabs them and another may envision what it will look like gone, so not to bother with the expense.
Enjoy! Can hardly wait to see it when you are all done.