(material moved from main Aviation page 09 Mar 00 and from Aviation Page 3 on 24 jun 03)
Bill Ding
HO Katy Box Car
On this StromBecKer Continuation Page 1:
StromBecKer Ship Models.
Buckley Class destroyer Escorts.
(02 Jun 08)
Korean-Vintage Airplane Kits - (moved from the main
StromBecKer page on 03 Nov 05)
GIANT JACKS!
StromBecKer
The Strombeck-Becker Manufacturing Company
(or some such name)
[Material moved from main Aviation page 09 Mar 00 and from Aviation Page 3 on 24 Jun 03]
Just before World War II and through it, there was a line of wooden kits under the
STROMBECKER name; they had
detail parts made of wood that was so hard that the turnings, such as engine
nacelles, couldn't be whittled to fit the wing sockets, etc. They were so hard
that it took hours of sanding to get them shaped; that's why my fleets of P-40s and
Stratoliners never got built*. Their railroad models were just as impossible to
complete properly.
I put the main StromBecKer page up (24 Jun 03) to see what shook loose; on my
other similar pages (Comet/Authenticast and such), all
sorts of wonderful images and links have turned up. Let me know what you
can contribute, please.
The StromBecKer line is going to be
REINTRODUCED and old catalogs are urgently needed to identify molds;
please get in touch with me if you can offer any help.
(Actually, instruction sheets may well serve the same purpose.)
* - see the main StromBecKer page for further
memories (and complaints) about cutting and sanding StromBecKer kit parts.
StromBecKer Ship Models
Here's what appears to me to be a weird one - a StromBecKer
"battleship" (so-called), #5250:
(2007 photo by owner - all rights reserved)
StromBecKer #5250
This is either an after-sale cobber-up or a toy; the superstructure
and turrets look like scale parts grafted onto a short toy deck and
hull. Maybe it's a pocket battleship? Seriously, can
anyone out there shed any light on what this oddity might be?
Buckley Class Destroyer Escort Models
CPO (USNR Ret'd.) Robert Haley, Director of the
Nevada Military Museum (photos only, so far) served aboard the USS
Marsh, DE-699, a sister ship of the USS Buckley, DE-51. He
kindly sent me copies of the instruction sheet for the ca. 1950
StromBecKer C19 model of the Buckley-class destroyer escorts to post
here for you:
(02 Jun 08)
(2008 images courtesy R. Haley - all rights reserved)
[Click on thumbnailed pictures for very much larger (1.3Mb) images]
StromBecKer #C19 Buckley Class Destroyer Escorts
I shudder at the very thought of fairing that hull! Thanks, Chief Haley.
Korean-Vintage Airplane Kits
(moved from the main StromBecKer page on 03 Nov 05)
About 300 or so mint Korean Police Action vintage Strombeck airplane kits turned up
in the back of an old warehouse in a big box, pushed to the back and forgotten about.
They were in mint condition. The kit boxes are red and white with black
lettering and have the name "Woodline Solid Wood Model Kit" on them with "Made By
Strombeck Mfg. Co., Moline, Illinois, For Bersted's, Monmouth, Illinois 61462".
There are 3 different models - F-86F Sabre Jet (Kit No. G-44), F-94 Starfire (Kit No.
G-43), and D-558 Skyrocket (Kit No. G-42). Each box states "No Carving Tools
Required Just Sand, Assemble And Paint" {HA!}. Inside each box is the
wooden model wrapped in plastic along with decals, sandpaper and instructions.
These are thumbnailed images; please click on the picture for a larger image:
[Oops! StromBecKer's copywriter couldn't spell;
"hobbiests" should be "hobbyists".]
Oh, that's funny!
NO CARVING
TOOLS REQUIRED!
Of course not; they couldn't make a DENT in the wood!
(Sep 03 photos by owner - all rights reserved)
[Thumbnailed images; please click on the picture for a larger image]
GIANT JACKS! - from Albuquerque, NM, on 26 Mar 06 came photos of giant
play jacks possibly cast by Dowst/Tootsietoy (probably in Zamac); they are
approximately 6" and 9" across the spheres and weigh ca. 4 and 8 pounds:
(Photos by sender -all rights reserved)
I can't read the markings and would appreciate anyone more knowledgeable (I've
asked Dr. Toy) chiming in about who made these and when; I had a set when I was a
young adult, perhaps ca. 1956-1965, but eventually tired of twirling them and gave
them away (horrors!).
William Galloway Train #1837BT - I heard from a fellow in the San
Antonio suburbs who found a Galloway in a trunk, instructions and all! I
remember having one but that's all. Does anyone have pix or info.?
(19 Jul 07)
See also the main StromBecKer page.
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