Trumpeter 1/32 Trumpeter TBM 3 Avenger AircraftGrumman 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