It depends what you’re willing to pay, and/or whether you intend to build them yourself or buy a ready-made desktop model. There are some large scale Meteor desktop models out there, Bravo Delta do a 1:32 scale Meteor T.7 but the downside is that the cheapest I can find with a quick Google is £199.99!

On a cheaper, build it yourself basis, Revell have produced a 1:32 scale Hunter FGA.9 which builds into a very nice model. They were going as cheap as £10 a couple of years ago, but you might have to look hard to find one that price now.

I realise none of the above comes close to the “four or five feet” you’re looking for, but they are still quite an impressive size.

Large scale Vampires of any sort appear to be a bit thin on the ground.

Careful there Black Knight, I wouldn’t touch it unless you’re sure it would be improved by ‘restoration’. It might be both financially and historically more worthwhile to leave it in original finish, no matter what the condition.

A great selection of pics, thanks for sharing. With regard to the Avenger and Corsair, both were used by the Fleet Air Arm on escort duties for Arctic convoys, so there is a Russian connection.

It looks as though the show organisers went to great lengths to book the right types of aircraft, it’s great to see lend-lease types getting such coverage at a Russian show alongside the native types.

As an aside, although it seems a shame that there was no Li-2, some American-made DC-3/C-47/C53 were also supplied to the Soviets, so a pure DC-3 is still fitting.

It’s just for ventilation Nostalgair, the Lanc fuselage is reputed to get up to a temperature somewhere in the region of “Bloomin’ Hot” on a summer’s day.

Great shots Anna, nice catch of the Lanc and seagull formation.

Nice work Martin, great head-on shot of the trainer trio especially.

There was a BN Defender (the military version of the BN Islander) flying wide circuits around the SW London area in the early hours of Tuesday. It was buzzing around below the cloudbase and the uplighting from the city lights meant it was pretty easy to recognise, complete with it’s lumpy-bumpy nose.

As the saying goes, “some guys have all the luck”! Congratulations on your flight, and congratulations to Mr. Pemberton and the restoration crew.

It might be an idea to dedicate a single thread to the project, I’m sure everyone here would be very interested to see your progress reports and pictures etc if you guys would be good enough to keep us in the loop.