Rebuilding 10179-1 Millenium Falcon and saving money

Drooling over a UCS set but figure it is to expensive? Thinking about rebuilding it on your own with publicly available construction and sourced bricks from Bricklink or Brick Owl? If so, read this guide by Brian to get your price down. He walks you through the steps on how to rebuild the 10179-1 Millenium Falcon at a fraction of the cost by replacing some of the more expensive parts.