[Johnmcn325]

A reasonable cost source of some of the Gaincorp (SU-27's & SU-47 {from time to time} is the eBay store Toyhill.com. I've bought from them...shipping costs reasonable and delivery very timely. Also, somewhat more expensive, is the eBay store China-Legendmodel. I've haven't bought from them, so can't say about delivery etc., but they do also carry the Chinese version of the SU-27, plus the SU-47 with stand. The pictures seem to support they are Gaincorp.
I also got into the collection scenario too late to get the F-22. The only one I found on eBay went for well over $175 USD (it was in the UK eBay).

[b-huj]

Originally Posted by Gort

If b-huj is correct and Gaincorp is still alive and kicking (more or less exclusively for the Chinese market), perhaps they’ll grace us with a few more Flankers or whatever. Hope so.
If Gaincorp is reading this, I know a whole bunch of ravenous collectors who’d die for a 1/72 Mig-25. I’m not at all sure the Chinese drive (or drove) this bird, but the Russians sure do (did).

Gaincorp is definitely not dead, but they dropped the int'l market a bit, and as I said, concentrating on taking orders from Chinese aircraft manufacturing corporations and presumably making more money than doing retail. Also, they have a huge model car business, and many of the car models you see in China-legendmodel for instance are Gaincorp made.

Actually, I've recently seen a 1/144 A-50., AKA Il-76 Mainstay. Not a Chinese AWACS, it was painted in Russian livery and a spinning dorsal big radar (not battery operated like the Corgi 707AWACS, it is human finger powered). IT was hefty and accurate to the best of my knowledge, with all tiny protruding things, simultating sensors and antennae, plus transparent cockpit, moveable wheels, rudder and ailerons (I think the rest was fixed). By this I don't mean they ARE going to make the Mig-25, because there is a Chinese version of the A-50, made by the Chinese themselves after the Israelies pulled-out due to US pressure. That Gaincorp A-50 may be a shortcut for 1) The Russian A-50, 2) The former Isreali version for export to China, 3) The Chinese effort after Isreal denied sales of the already tested model (there is a prototype sitting somewhere in Israel).