Plans and patterns for the TF Green Box Nobler kit are out there -
http://www.outerzone.co.uk/plan_details.asp?ID=525 That's probably the direction I'd go, or snag an original kit and replace wood parts as necessary.
The 1952 MAN plans can be found on a different page of the above website. The Brodak kit is a slightly different interpretation of the same plane, the kit is mostly blocks as the original design consists of a ton of hollowed blocks, shaped sheets, etc. The TF kit largely just replaces the blocks with structure built up from sticks and formers. The current Top Flite ARF Nobler is an interpretation of the older Top Flite kit, but it has a bunch of small changes to adapt it to the ARF process and modern engines.
If you want to relive the past, an original kit isn't that difficult or expensive to find, probably cheaper on Ebay than the Brodak or RSM kits.