smoke stacks

[REDNECK7109]

OK so I'm building a pick up truck model and I want to put smoke stacks on it witch is the easy part... I want my smoke stacks to actually puff smoke... I love to build model cars/trucks and add all types of electronics to them but this has me puzzled... any one know how I can make this work?

[High octane]

Yes, take your model to a good model railroad hobby shop and tell the owner what you'd like to do, and hopefully he'll be able to suggest something. That's what I would do.

[slowlylearning]

I once had a toy truck that puffed smoke, I had to put some sort of oil in it. Maybe you could try using those fake cigarettes that emit vapor?

[southpier]

this might work: http://www.gaugemaster.com/seuthe.html

finding a place to put them will be the challenge.

[REDNECK7109]

I thought of using the electronic cigarette vapor but thought against Modding it for this project cause those lithium batteries that are in those things are dangerous... but going to a hobby shop is probably my best option

[DrKerry]

They do it on toy locomotives, not sure how big the device is!!!

[Quick GMC]

take apart one of those electronic ciggarettes and see how they work

[REDNECK7109]

I called a hobby shop near me and I can buy the smoke generators for $31 a peice . They are perfect size and puff enough smoke to make it look good... just gotta do the wiring to a power supply which is cake

[REDNECK7109]

There is all different kind of devices but the one that Ineed is about an inch long and a little bit larger round than a pencil

[Art Anderson]

They do it on toy locomotives, not sure how big the device is!!!

Seuthe smoke generators are quite small in diameter, and should fit in say, a 5/32" diameter K&S aluminum tube. However, they do put out a fair bit of heat, being basically a small brass reservoir with a thin wire heating element inside, which heats thin oil to make a white smoke. So, there has to be some air flow there in order for the smoke to move freely up and out of the stack.

A real drawback might well be the oily residue though.

Art

[southpier]

..... real drawback might well be the oily residue though.

this is why the Lionel layout used to get so dirty so fast. one rainy Saturday afternoon and i'd be wiping the whole Plastic-ville town down for weeks!