Guillows Grumman TBF Avenger Model Kit

by Guillow

Product Features

• Assembly Required Skill Level 2. Ages 10 and up.
• Made from Balsa wood

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 13.8 x 4.6 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0006GZ2WE
• Item model number: 506
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #110,742 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)

Product Description

1:32 Scale. 16 1/2" wing span. These easy building kits contain die-cut balsa parts, plastic cowls and canopies, decals, plastic prop, wheels, tissue and a 24-page model building booklet. For ages 10 and up. The Grumman TBF initial production order for 286 planes was placed in the latter part of 1940 and, between 1942 and the end of the 1943, 2, 293 Avenger were built and delivered to the U.S. Navy. It became the Navy standard torpedo-bomber of World War 2 and first saw action on June 4, 1942, at the historic Battle of midway. Used right up to 1954, Avenger also saw service with the Royal Navy, Canadian Royal Navy and the French Aeronavale.