I recently ordered my first locomotive with smoke (2 rail MTH N&W J 611) in decades and have a few questions. I expect most of the time the smoke unit will be turned off.
Does smoke liquid dry up when not used for several weeks?
How many minutes of run time do you get out of a fill?
When filling the resevoir how do you know when it is full?
Will smoke fluid run out of the reservoir if the locomotive is upside down for wheel cleaning?
What do you do to clean up any residue on the boiler?
I've heard that the fluid can mess up paint used to weather the locomotive - are there paints that are not effected by the fluid?
Ed Rappe
Ed,
Most of your questions can be answered here:
If you want to skip the 'drama queens' in the thread, simply click on his youtube link. The videos are posted there also.
