A cross between scientist and technician kiths, an Ildiran engineer was especially adept at doing rapid calculations in his head and could retain enormous amounts of practical data, such as alloy components, melting temperatures, and stress tolerances.

With Soviet strategists now confident that supplies of these alloys were unlikely to become a problem, Lavochkin began replacing large parts of the airframe (including the wing spars) with alloy components.

Construction was largely of spruce with plywood covering and light alloy components at strategic points.

With Soviet strategists now confident that supplies of these alloys were unlikely to become a problem, Lavochkin was now able to replace some wooden parts with alloy components.

Once the homologation models were produced, a second version named Turbo 2 was introduced using more stock Renault 5 parts replacing many of light alloy components in the original 5 Turbo version.

A corrosion monitoring program identifies any non-conforming alloy components, as these are generally susceptible to accelerated corrosion and can give relatively frequent cause for catastrophic failure.

And while some of the alloy components have taken a hit from the corrosion, it's come through it all a lot better than I had expected.

Designed as a family of rifles that could be quickly adapted to a wide variety of roles with the change of the barrel to a desired length and profile, the AUG is a modular configuration rifle that employs a high level of polymer and advanced alloy components.

Hardly the kind of dynamic magnate who could build his T'Opingtu company into a multistellar market leader in the fabrication of exotic alloy components.

Even the front grille, which to the casual eye looks almost identical to the 1938 model, became a pressed alloy component rather than a composite.