What are your favorite sources for scale models of WWII aircraft, especially those in Aces High?
After various Internet searches and a few purchases over the last couple years, I'm fond of Corgi metal 1/144 for larger aircraft, e.g., the Eastern Airlines DC-3 that used to come through my home town and now hangs in the Smithsonian, and the Classic Aircraft Collections replicas of the black plastic 1/72 I.D. recognition models the U.S. used in WWII.
The latter is the most comprehensive selection I've seen (originals hang in the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum), but still lacks some Aces High favorites such as the La-7 and Yak-9. It does have some lovely obscure ones, including float planes.
The Classic Aircraft replicas also are very pricey, e.g., $56 for a P-51D, $135 for a B-17 (but it is 1/72, not often used for large aircraft).
Surprisingly, I've found a few very limited (i.e., five or six) excellent flashy models in Toys R Us, mostly U.S. aircraft, and all made in China, some metal, some plastic. They had a 1/48 series for a couple years, and this year just introduced some nice Matchbox collectibles in what seems to be 1/72 (scale not stated on box).
Have you found some additional sources you'd care to recommend?
Will Aces High ever expand into peripherals such 1/72 collectible scale models of the aircraft it revives in cyber?
