Jack, a fuselage plug would have been a start.
Think of the Lynx as a Land Rover Wolf. Look at the huge amount of jobs and roles the wagon fulfils. If you took the Wolf out of service, what would you get to do its numerous jobs? A 4 tonner? A DROPS? An Oshkosh? Can you imagine an MAN 15t truck doing a close recce job or a DROPS delivering a half section of blokes into a FOB? Very, very simplistic I know but the Lynx really is akin to the Land Rover and unfortunately, FLynx is more akin to an RB44.