:dubious: Well… they didn’t anything about someone flying it a second time, did they…? 
Having flown a genuine-not-replica military trainer of that era (Stearman) and climbed in and out of a few others, I can say that even most of the original airplanes of that era are not flying with the avionics (instruments and stuff) of that era. That is, a GPS in a 1943 open cockpit biplane would raise no eyebrows in the aviation world.
It’s buyers’ choice, whether your talking about an original or a replica.
Actually… There are a couple of 100% scale replicas on this page.
I clicked on one, and it’s made of wood. Haven’t checked out the other one yet, but will do as soon as I send this post.
Okay. Both are made of wood. The Marcel Jurca one uses a 600-1,300 hp engine – which is what I was saying earlier about larger aircraft needing more power.
Okay… How’s this?
I buy the kit through the studio. I work every spare moment building it, and have my partner videotape the entire process from beginning to end. Record the taxi tests and test flights. With a ton of footage, edit the whole thing down to two hours of construction and an hour of flying. Either sell the completed project to Supermarine Aircraft, or sell the DVDs individually in PAL and NTSC formats to builders, potential builders, and interested parties. Write off the cost of the aircraft as a production expense.
Would that be legal?
Your studio has the $ to pay for it, and to pay you to build it and to lose all your income while doing so and paying all the extra help in documenting this project and buying all the added tools you might not have and then will let you have the airplane when finished?
Oh, you are the studio. If you have that much money, hire a real A&P to build it, document it and then write it off and make yourself the only one in the company that can fly it.
Sounds like a plan… 
I was thinking along the lines of going into bank robbery, blackmailing or following a political career to get the money, but your plan doesn´t sound bad neither.
Well… We’re in the middle of making a film, so there’s no money. And I have no income because we’re making a film instead of taking on clients. (That’s going to change.) It would be a simple shoot, so we wouldn’t have to have extra people. The tools list is modest, and I have most of them.
I want everyone to buy a few copies of the film when it’s done. Not just Dopers… (From Léon: ‘Everyone?’ ‘EV-REE-ONE!!!’) I’ll get paid when we make a profit.
It’s a pipe dream. But it’s more attainable than a real one. I’ll probably end up with a C172 someday.
If I had the money I’d build myself a replica, full size of course, of the Corsair F4U. I love these planes. Some day, baby, some day.
A Lincolnshire woman is building a fill-sized metal replica Spitfire in her garage. 
What do you mean, there are no machine guns! What’s the point of getting one now?!
I guess I can’t use strafing runs to keep those raccoons out of the garbage. I’ll have to think of something else.
Here’s a full-size kit, made of wood. Cost for the complete kit: $320,000. Does not include the Allison V-12 engine, prop or instruments. Being a ton lighter than the original, the designer says it will outperform an original Vickers-Supermarine Spitfire MK.IX.
sigh
That´s fascinating…
Starting daydream mode
Hey - what about one of these?
OK, Spits and Mustangs are cool, but if you want to give a honest scare to the cows on the fields you´ll need one of these FW-190s. Nothing says I´m a bad MoFo like a 190.
Unless, of course, you’re in an ME-109!
No, you need to have the top of the line, the Messerschmitt 262.
No, no, no; a one-oh-nine says “I´m a sinister MoFo”.
As for the Me-262, it´s cool, but I would like something that roars rather than whistles. (by the way a Me-262 says “I´m an evil MoFo”)
Would you settle for an engine?
How about a '46 Seabee?