Hi Flying Knight,
I see Top Flite P-51D Mustang C/L kits designed by Jerry Worth on Ebay often. They are 1" to 1' so 37 inch span, molded fuselage sides and a paper jig to help with alignment usually kitted with good wood. Should be good flyers. It was designed for a bushed .35 from the 60's and they were quite lightweight and not near as powerful as say a modern .25. An R/C OS 15 LA would probably work just fine.
There are two other Form Flite Scale kits from the same era but smaller, the P-40F and P-47N. They're 3/4" to 1' and around 30 inch span. Modern .09's would be enough on these.
I see these in the 75 dollar and less range often.
Others to look for are the Berkeley kits in the 30 inch span/ 3/4" to 1' range, SNJ, FW-190, Spitfire, Bearcat, and older ones in the 1" to 1' Mustang and Bearcat. Tougher to build than the TF kits but your size. There are a few ducted fan jets too, like the T-33, Skyray, F11 Tiger and F8 Crusader. Berkeley also has a bunch of civilian airplane Scale kits in the same relative sizes, Little Stinker, Shoestring, Cosmic Wind, Cessna 195, etc.
JRoberts bellcranks and handles are often on Ebay too, a simple solution to throttle control and it makes them fun to fly around doing take offs and landings.
Good luck and if you find some and start construction please post pictures.
Chris...