1909 E.M.F. Roadster

[Bobchayer]

1909 E.M.F. Roadster. 1/16 scale wood model by Fador Smallsters, Elmira, NY, 1949. Kit is called "3 in Oner" and can be built as a roadster, "one seater", or tourer. This is the roadster version. The other two versions are under construction.

[Jim B]

Great job.  Brass Era cars are so cool looking.

[Kah puts]

That’s the bee’s knees ?

[ismaelg]

Very cool looking brass era car!

[Joe Nunes]

I really enjoy looking at these builds of early era car.  Well done!  ?

Joe

[TooOld]

Very very nicely done !  I really love the cars from this time period . 

[Bainford]

Very nice work. Love the Brass Era cars.

[Mopar2]

Wow...That is really cool.Love the brass Era cars..

[hct728(Bob)]

You made a neat job of it! Must have been hard shaping wood to those contours. I believe the wheels were plastic, and a bit of research tells me these may have been re-issued in some form over the years. So nice to see one done, and done well!

[Bobchayer]

6 hours ago, hct728(Bob) said:

You made a neat job of it! Must have been hard shaping wood to those contours. I believe the wheels were plastic, and a bit of research tells me these may have been re-issued in some form over the years. So nice to see one done, and done well!

The wheels on this one are plastic. The wheels on the two under construction are cast metal. The lights and radiators for all of them are cast metal. The fenders and hood and seat backs are cardstock with some .01-inch plastic sheet.  Thanks for the comments.

[RSchnell]

Nice work! We don't see enough early cars being posted here!

[1972coronet]

Super nice ! My grandfather had one (110 years ago at that) and used to call it, Every Morning Fix-it (haha) : "The tires were always popping-off the rims of that thing. I'd have to remount them all of the time !".

Great work !