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#22 ·
Posted By Nicholas Savatgy on 24 Aug 2010 08:23 PM
Posted By Semper Vaporo on 24 Aug 2010 07:47 PM
Posted By Nicholas Savatgy on 24 Aug 2010 04:58 PM
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Posted By Semper Vaporo on 24 Aug 2010 04:12 PM
Posted By Nicholas Savatgy on 24 Aug 2010 01:28 PM
Posted By Mik on 24 Aug 2010 08:25 AM
I should also add, my preferred 'sound' is Glenn Miller on the stereo....... Again, those things just give me a headache.

I worked a LOT of train shows next to guys peddling this or that smoke fluid, or sound system. -- All running full tilt from 15 minutes before the show opened til after it closed. --- The SAME guys would complain to the promoters about the 'noise and stink' if I ran a putt-putt steamboat for 10 minutes.... probably because it drew attention away from their noise and stink.


My other thought is, Have you ever wondered where all that 'smoke' goes? It's vaporized oil. It leaves a thin residue EVERYWHERE... including your lungs - outside this may not matter so much, but inside it can't be all that good. Yes it's less than the average smoker puffs out, but I don't think anybody has looked into long term exposure. Anyway, you pays your moneys, you picks your poisons... for me it isn't worth it. I haven't even bothered with fitting smoke units in my last 4 or 5 builds.





OMG............Are you done ? you sure do know how to SUCK the fun out of just about everythying you relpy to..............................
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I kid cause i really do care.
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OH yeah? CARE?

Prove it!




Send money!

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Dear Mr Semp,
Please dont get mad at me because my locos smoke better than your live steamers.................
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If you have a paypal account i will send some $ some you can convert some to MTH smoke. HAAAAAAAAAAA
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I was gonna embed a YouTube video here to show you what a Live Steamer can do
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, but that would be quite cruel to the OP to show what he is missing by settling for a mere sparkie.
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As for my PayPal account... HA! I ain't gonna fall for that one -- you just want my e-mail address for some sort of nefarious porpose.
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(I really don't mind getting e-mails from Dolphins, but nefarious porposes I just won't with which to up put.)




I think that you over think the value of what you say means anything to me ??????
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nefarious Please im harmless................
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"Harmless"? That is "mostly" what the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" had to say about Earth.

And as for you missing me? Ha... that's only because you are a lousy shot! (Or maybe I am just really good at duckin'!
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#23 ·
Posted By Semper Vaporo on 24 Aug 2010 08:56 PM
Posted By Nicholas Savatgy on 24 Aug 2010 08:23 PM
Posted By Semper Vaporo on 24 Aug 2010 07:47 PM
Posted By Nicholas Savatgy on 24 Aug 2010 04:58 PM
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Posted By Semper Vaporo on 24 Aug 2010 04:12 PM
Posted By Nicholas Savatgy on 24 Aug 2010 01:28 PM
Posted By Mik on 24 Aug 2010 08:25 AM
I should also add, my preferred 'sound' is Glenn Miller on the stereo....... Again, those things just give me a headache.

I worked a LOT of train shows next to guys peddling this or that smoke fluid, or sound system. -- All running full tilt from 15 minutes before the show opened til after it closed. --- The SAME guys would complain to the promoters about the 'noise and stink' if I ran a putt-putt steamboat for 10 minutes.... probably because it drew attention away from their noise and stink.


My other thought is, Have you ever wondered where all that 'smoke' goes? It's vaporized oil. It leaves a thin residue EVERYWHERE... including your lungs - outside this may not matter so much, but inside it can't be all that good. Yes it's less than the average smoker puffs out, but I don't think anybody has looked into long term exposure. Anyway, you pays your moneys, you picks your poisons... for me it isn't worth it. I haven't even bothered with fitting smoke units in my last 4 or 5 builds.





OMG............Are you done ? you sure do know how to SUCK the fun out of just about everythying you relpy to..............................
Image


I kid cause i really do care.
Image
Image


OH yeah? CARE?

Prove it!




Send money!

Image




Dear Mr Semp,
Please dont get mad at me because my locos smoke better than your live steamers.................
Image
If you have a paypal account i will send some $ some you can convert some to MTH smoke. HAAAAAAAAAAA
Image


Image




I was gonna embed a YouTube video here to show you what a Live Steamer can do
Image
, but that would be quite cruel to the OP to show what he is missing by settling for a mere sparkie.
Image


As for my PayPal account... HA! I ain't gonna fall for that one -- you just want my e-mail address for some sort of nefarious porpose.
Image


(I really don't mind getting e-mails from Dolphins, but nefarious porposes I just won't with which to up put.)




I think that you over think the value of what you say means anything to me ??????
Image
nefarious Please im harmless................
Image


Image


Image



"Harmless"? That is "mostly" what the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" had to say about Earth.

And as for you missing me? Ha... that's only because you are a lousy shot! (Or maybe I am just really good at duckin'!
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)




HE HE HE..............You win im all out of witty words today
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#24 ·
Posted By Madman on 24 Aug 2010 08:49 PM
I was going to reply to this topic. But I am having so much fun reading the replies, counter replies, counter, counter replies, etc, etc, etc, that I don't now know whom to make a reply to.
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Although this may give you something to cauugh about
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Dan Agreed that thing is awsome, ive seen that video a couple of years ago and all i can say is wow. I wonder if any were made for people to buy and did anyone get any ? Ive never seen anymore videos of it. But very cool.
 
#26 ·
Posted By aceinspp on 25 Aug 2010 08:52 AM
Nick: One of the guys in our club has one of these locos. It sure uses a lot of smoke fluid tho. Looks and sounds good too. Later RJD

RJ, We need video of this thing going with some rolling stock behind it................... A quart of Mega Smoke about 10.00
 
#27 ·
Yes, that's another example of a smoke unit you cannot purchase.

From chat last night, I asked JJ if he got his question answered... no was the reply.... the question was about the unit that had the most smoke you could BUY....

This is it: from Harbor Models: (that is 1/2 inch copper pipe!)


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#30 ·
Uhh... I'd sure be setting myself up if I was mentioning that the posts about stuff that could not be purchased were useless. (someone would come in and bash me to a pulp!
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You could google Harbor Models, I will post the links for you:

http://www.harbormodels.com/Harborm...s/home.htm home page


http://www.harbormodels.com/site08/...smoker.htm smoke unit page (under HARDWARE...ELECTRONICS.... SMOKE UNITS


Yes it is $99... JJ asked for the "Best" unit, which was explained to me as the "most smoke"... I believe this is the most smoke that you can buy... it's more than anything else I have seen... remember that is a 1/2" diameter pipe...

There was no request for cheapest... or smallest...


Regards, Greg
 
#31 ·
Greg I run them in my model r/c warships I added a drop of diesel and a drop of very black waste engine oil to the mix to make the darkest smoke around idea for my warshios to hide from the enemy from only lasts a few minutes over dosing stops the burner from going great smokers caferacer
 
#32 ·
Gregg, do you have any trouble with wicks clogging? I have not seen the insides of that smoker, would assume it uses some sort of wick to bring the oil up to a heating element.

Overdosing? do you drip it right on the wick?

Thanks, Greg
 
#33 ·
Greg over dose was too much waste oil and diesel one and one is the right brew the little fan throws a ton of air into the mix we changed ours to a model plane glow plug that heated up and switched off on a timer we fitted this as it allowed the pipes to burn like mad then shut down and reburn once cooled the boats packed in the shed ready for our trip to NZ so not 100 % on the wick I no the glow plug was ok and drew little power about 4-6 amps.
Only complaint was the deck of the models were covered in black soot some thing shocking soap and water washed this off,do remember the smoke was very thick and hung on the water level a lot looked like a real warship making a smoke screen getting away from the enemy had a nice burned smell could have been the diesel.
We tried all manner of smokers for our model boats harbor models worked out the best long term all the best caferacer
 
#35 ·
The only problem is they are a bit large for most applications. I had seen a previous post on this unit and I do not think it was feasable for a install for a G loco. Later RJD
 
#37 ·
I saw an Aristo Mallet where they put the Mobil Marine smoke unit in the vandy tender and used a high temp silicone tube from tender to smoke box by going under the cab floor between the tender and engine. Made it look like the coal feeder tube. He had spliced the tube between the engine and tender also so the two could still be separated if needed. Jake
 
#39 ·
My DJB ruby smokes something fierce when I add some bituminous coal to it, the most smoke I have ever seen from a gscaler would probably be yves at diamondhead with his bigger coal burners (i get the same amount from time to time hehe)

Yves:


Video of my DJB ruby with the bituminous coal in it:


Of course this is all live steam coal fired :p (the aroma is great lol) - Sometimes I over do it and the kids in line for the 7.5" gauge trains start to cough.. doh (wind to blame... ya that's my story
 
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