ron 47 Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 Hi all do we know is smoke oil gose off over time.Thank Ron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2e0dtoeric Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 Oil is oil. It might get thicker if it is VERY old.More likely that the smoke generator coil has burned out due to old age or having been run dry too often for too long.Smoke oil might look good, but it smells like hot oil, not coal smoke, and splats all over your models and layouts, as well as lingering in the layout room, and making the other furnishings smell and feel greasy.If you are breathing smoke oil fumes, imagine what it is doing to your lungs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron 47 Posted June 27, 2020 Author Share Posted June 27, 2020 HI Ericmohff.yep garden railway 00 the Smoke unit is getting hot but not a lot of smoke out of locos. yes the Coal Oil is nastey stuff. may be i will try some new Oil see what happens.Thank Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissaf Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 You need to use proper 'Seuthe' branded oil or oil marketed precisely as model smoke oil ... nothing else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 For all the good it does in trying to create realistic smoke effect you may as well use cold tea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffnut Thorston Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 Seuthe, or other specific fluids marketed properly as smoke oil for model railway smoke units. Crest. USA. I've used this ok. Mega steam, also USA I think, seen advertising, but NOT tried it myself. But, yes, it can be messy. 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fazy Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 Sorry to jump in on the topic, I've just aquiered a Hornby spamcan Winston Churchill with a smoke unit with chuff run of the drive. Do these use the same oil as other Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinB Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 I recently fitted a couple of my old locos with those old Hornby 80's smoke units. Using DCC it works a lot better because you can switch them off. The smoke oil though is still messy. The big issue though is the loco body warping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffnut Thorston Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 @ Fazy. The Synchrosmoke unit in the Winston Churchill uses the same smoke oils as I mentioned, Seuthe was the brand that was supplied by Tri-ang Railways, and Tri-ang Hornby in tube shaped sachets. R.521. Later Hornby Railways smoke oil in square shaped sachets, also R.521, and the small pot with a screw lid, R.8 something...are unbranded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron 47 Posted June 30, 2020 Author Share Posted June 30, 2020 Hi All yes i am using Seuthe oil the pot gets hot but will not smoke. and as you have said you have to make sure that the chimne will not melt.Ron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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