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Cal Smith(?), Strombecker model kit box art for the X-1B

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Title: Cal Smith(?), Strombecker model kit box art for the X-1B
Artist: Cal Smith(?) (All)
Media Type: Mixed Media
Art Type: Illustration
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 366
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Added to Site: 5/15/2022
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Once upon a time I had a considerable bunch of test pilot memorabilia, due to reading Tom Wolfe's The Right Stuff at the right time and suddenly acquiring a father-in-law who worked at Edwards during the glory days. I ended up selling most of that and regret it to this day.

So, anyway, when the 1956 box art for the Strombecker kit of the gen-you-wine rocketship X-1B pops up... I am alert.

This is probably by the celebrated Cal Smith, an aviation artist who handled the fabulous space-related box art for Strombecker in the fifties, including the Disney and Kfrafft Ehricke space kits.

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