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Trumpeter Aircraft 1/32 TBM3 Avenger Aircraft Kit

Trumpeter Aircraft 1/32 TBM3 Avenger Aircraft Kit

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TSM-2234
$87.50 $132.95

Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation had never built an offensive aircraft before designing the replacement for the TBF-1 Avenger. TheXTBF-1, which first flew in August 1940, was a sound machine with a tough airframe, wings with skewed hinges that allowed them to fold alongside the fuselage, an internal bay for torpedo or other ordnance, plenty of fuel, and a powered dorsal turret. Eastern Aircraft was awarded a successive contact, delivering nearly identical models known as TBM in March 1942. Most of the Avengers produced were Eastern's TBM-3 model, noted for it powerful R-2600 engine, strengthened wings for increased gross weights, and reinforcement for carrying a radar scanner or rockets. During the war, Eastern developed numerous, special-purpose TBM versions, used for photoreconnaissance, transport, or night reconnaissance with early-warning equipment installed. Other significant models were the 3E, which was the first specialized antisubmarine warfare aircraft to carry modern sensors and to operate from a carrier, and the 3W, which was the first aircraft to carry an early warning radar in service.
  • Rotating gun turret
  • Rubber tires
  • Metal aileron & flap shaft
  • Photo-etch hinges & details
  • Film instrument panel
  • Workable flaps
  • Fully detailed engine
  • Includes markings for TBM-3 #89 VC-94, USS Shamrock Bay, 1945.

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