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This reply defies logic. Why build a replica out of wood? To simply place it on display? No, I don't think so.
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I'm sorry you disagree, and I do agree that the replica, if not my reply, defies logic.
But facts are facts. The replica was virtually all wood, except for those parts of the cockpit that would have been visible to radar--mainly the back of the instrument panel--as well as the very first-stage fan of each engine, which was reproduced with fairly simple aluminum discs.
If you still don't believe me, go here...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqgfjXaJxV8
...and watch the construction of the wooden replica.