ATMachine said:

SilverWook said:

And it's too bad nobody thought of this before they cut up the real MF prop and left to rot outside at Elstree, but the blueprints are probably still around.

The Making of ROTJ actually says that the crew burned the pieces of the full-size MF in a celebration at some point during filming.

I'd like to see photos of that, sad as it may make me to see them. Maybe it's the true origin of the old Lando dies blowing up the DS rumor? ;)

The old SW fan club gave away pieces of the full size Falcon in the 80's, so clearly a few easy to handle pieces were saved.