Where on the original rocket does it say Sterling Plastics?
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On the bottom of the removable capsule.
Neal Jeter
This might help with your question.
Thanks guys... They go for about $500.
Lionel took a red unpainted flat car, with no number but the word LIONEL on the sides, classified as 6407 and mounted a gray cradle from a boat carrying car. They then bought a No, 529 rocket missile pencil sharpener from Sterling Plastics for a dollar or so. The rocket has blue plastic Mercury capsule with pencil sharpener at its tip. Lionel mounted the rocket to the flat car with elastic bands.
Reproduction rockets can be had for less than $50 if you do not really have to have an original one.
Even $50 was too high for me so I built my own.
Picture of Homemade rocket and Mercury capsule. The capsule is close to O scale and made from a mailing tube. In reality, the capsule would never be transported on the head of a rocket but then Lionel could not have made this car.
The capsules were made for the homemade Lionel 6413 Mercury Capsule style transporting car. In reality, the capsules could have been transported in a box car. The rocket in this picture has the capsule removed.
Details on how the rocket was made are Post 66 on page 7 below and details for the Lionel 6413 Mercury Capsule transporting car and capsules are on Post 52 on page 6.
at https://ogrforum.com/...ra-027-layout?page=7
Charlie
I just love it when I can use a previously Homemade Mercury capsule and make it fit the new Homemade Fat boy missile and strap it on red flat car. Great colorful addition to the layout. And some will pay $500 for the Fat boy Sterling Plastics $1 rocket toy with a pencil sharpener for a Mercury capsule.
Scratch building is lots of fun.
Charlie
