i think at the moment, only Witty makes the SU27 on a 1:72 scale for diecast. most of the stores offer pre-order only for now. my SU27 will be coming somewhere in the middle of this month.

i just got my models from Dragon and Witty recently. but Witty is definitely much better quality than Dragon. even the stand comes in metal instead of plastic. Dragon's make is quite flimsy i would say. i have parts falling off and some parts don't fit because of wrong socket sizes.

the F18 below is from Witty.

yup, almost identical. i nearly bought the F16 Oklahoma Squadron that you have now. but F16 is just not my fav plane. so i opted for the SU27 instead.

that 3 planes costed only USD86, which is definitely cheaper than the ones selling on HLJ. i think HLJ also taking order for SU27 at the moment. you can try do a search there. or you can try out from this US webstore that i bought mine. http://www.greatmodels.com/ . although the price is a lot cheaper, i think the shipping is expensive. that parcel of 3 planes costed USD54 (which i can buy another model with that price!). how bout the shipping charges from HLJ?

no, USD86 not including shipping. the price from that webstore is very competitive. normal models cost only USD25. higher demand models will cost around USD35 while the specials like F14JR/SU27 cost around USD45. shipping charges are exactly according to the rates posted by US postal service. so they didn't charge me extra. a parcel of 3 models weighing about 8lbs is USD54, which is about RM60 per plane. so it is close to the shipping charges by HLJ. you should try out that US webstore since it is much cheaper. and they have many models in stock. no need to back-order and wait. they sent my parcel the very next day after i placed my order. got it 8 days later.

^ i'm sorry. i have already placed my order earlier on. and the package will be sent to australia. can't save on the postage with that.