Pierre,
I couldn't agree more. However, the models most commonly produced in die cast or plastic by companies like Corgi and 21st Century are fighters like the Spitfire, ME109, Mustang, Hurricane, Corsair, FW190, Zero, etc., I guess because they have to sell thousands.
These plastic or die cast models are less expensive, quite nicely detailed, and have a mass appeal. Andy, wisely, would rather produce models they choose not to make, like a Lysander, or Feisler Storch, that look well displayed on the ground in both landing field and action dioramas.
For example, your Lysander would look great on an RAF airfield with ground crew, a high ranking intelligence officer briefing the SOE agents, perhaps a staff car, a fuel bowser, or even a Bedford troop transport lorry. The same Lysander would look equally great on a French farm diorama, with French Resistence fighters setting out lanterns to mark a landing field, SOE agents scrambling out of the plane, a beat up old French van to leave the scene, and Gestapo troops racing to intercept them in Kubelwagons, Opel Trucks and on motorcycle combos. These aircraft offer so many options for add on sets that the Warbird line will tie into all of the other WWII product lines, leading to higher sales all around. Andy is a very intelligent man, and I suspect these will sell very well.
