Hello My name is Mike, new to 009.
Here comes perhaps a stupid question.
Has anyone successfully fitted a smoke unit to a 009 Locomotive?
Thanks
Mike
I don't think that is a stupid question.
I'm aware only of one small smoke generator - Seuthe's N gauge one and I understand that it is designed to work with a larger smoke oil reservoir.
https://www.gaugemasterretail.com/seuthe-seuthe-no3-14.html (https://www.gaugemasterretail.com/seuthe-seuthe-no3-14.html)
Possibly fitting one would only be practical in larger locos. Maybe a Garratt would be suitable, assuming the boiler is empty?
The Suethe No 20 is probably your best option. This has a 3.5mm outlet tube. However it is 24mm tall and the lower 13mm is 7mm wide with one conector at the lower end. The body of the tube is the other connector.
Many years ago Ibertren also used to make one that was fitted in their N gauge 0-4-0 Cookoo locos, these are very hard to fins now!
Here is a link to a photo showing some of the seuthe smoke units:
(https://www.gaugemasterretail.com/media/rightlines/seuthe-smoke-units-3.jpg)
Quote from: Michael Rouse on July 18, 2023, 15:59
Has anyone successfully fitted a smoke unit to a 009 Locomotive?
Thanks
Mike
Ted Polet has fitted Seuthe smoke units to several of his locos on the Craigcorrie & Dunalistair Railway.
If you aren't familiar with Ted and the C&DR, go to the 009 Soc Dutch Group website: https://www.009dutch.nl/, open up and select "Projects" from the left hand menu. Then scroll down to Ted Polet and in his very comprehensive section, scroll to the Craigcorrie & Dunalistair website link and you will find everything you never knew about and lots more about 009 modelling, and will find a number of his locos in the stocklist section that have smoke units. This part of the website is quite old but everything he describes there is still operational - some of the locos and stock are over 50 years old now, but Ted continues to produce even more.
You'll also find lots of info from Ted in the NGRM-Online forum, if you are a member, and if you go to You Tube and search for "Ted Polet 009" or "Craigcorrie & Dunalistair", there is an album of currently 56 videos as well as a number of others that aren't in the album. Here's a direct link to the album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8l-qlb7b2A&list=PLta4tHKJpks4fVIW15fI__z3GR58M9bft Get tea and sandwiches, it will take several hours if not days to go through everything and be uber-impressed!
Mick
Thank you very much everyone for you helpful replies.
I will get weaving and see where it takes me.
Kind regards
Mike
good luck
Keep us all posted!
Will do
Ta
Mike :)