However, building a replica of a production environment is cost prohibitive.
Scale is everything, especially if you want to build a replica of a famous landmark or building.
John Pultorak built a working replica of a 40-year-old computer.
Instead, they decided to build a replica of the earlier light, using archived plans.
Currently, he and his students are building a replica of a courtroom for use as a mock court.
Funds are currently being raised to build a replica of the fort on the original site.
Toyota decided to build a replica but even for that there were no complete and consistent plans.
In recent years there has been talk of building a replica of the memorial.
In order to work out how it had been built, the group built a small replica nearby.
In 2007, plans to build a modern replica of Belgica were announced.