Strombeck Mfg. Co. kit, made for Bersted Hobby Craft Co, Monmouth, IL, kit made in Moline, IL by Strombeck, printing by Strombeck, Decal set from Strombeck, dated 1967.  This is "one of the three" LAST StromBeck woodkits manufactured by Strombeck and carried at that time with the "Woodline" label.    The 1967 Woodline D-558 kit is a rebox of the original Strombeck kit dating back to 1953, but by 1967, Strombeck had ceased to be the company name.  Quite a legacy of kit releases!

• 8 piece Wood Model Kit in pinewood and spruce
  
• 1 piece clear Plastic part for the canopy.
  
• 2 piece display case, wood base and wire vertical
  
• Box Condition:  Bright and solid, and open, as released by the manufacturer.  One top box abrasion. (See picture)
  
• Inventoried 100% complete with all parts in closed factory bag,  decals and instructions new and untarnished. The kit has never been started.  
  
• Model size  Length 8 1/2 in. x  Wing Span 4 1/4 in. 
• Decals Dated 1967 with artwork of finished model

Kit includes ready-shaped wooden parts for fuselage, horizontal and vertical stabilizer, wings,finely shaped fuselage and needle nose.  The kit comes with a fully shaped and contoured solid plastic canopy.  The wooden base and spring steel wire display the kit in flight profile. The kit comes with sanding board and sand paper, both required to put final sand to the aircraft wing and stabilizer surfaces.   This kit in approximate 1/59 scale, is a very good representation of the actual rocket and jet-powered Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket flown supersonic (times 2)  by NACA and the United States Navy for research in the 50's.

I know some of the history of this kit purchase.  I purchased it in a 1967 sale from the Cardinal Craft Shop in St. Louis Mo. in the early 70's and it has been in my protective kit cellar since, untouched. Please check out my other listings purchased at the same time for the other kits within this WOODLINE collection: 

F-86F Sabre Jet   item number   (listing no. 232327901210)

F-94 Starfire         item number   (listing no. 232327914114)

(Courtesy note:  The aviator RayBan sunglasses and actual photo of the D-558 are not part of the purchase, they are there for providing relative scale and reference to the pictures.)

If you have any questions about this outstanding and vintage Strombecker kit, or this sale, please ask.