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has anyone thought of this? Has anyone done it? i have no knoweldge of these smoke units and how they work. but i'd be interested in trying to included one in some bigger ork vehicles. anyone's experineces would be greatly appreciated.

Smoke pellets are made in very small quantities these days. Not many manufacturers for them anymore. Lionel was the big maker of smoke pellets decades ago. Mostly for the post-war (WWII) model train boom that lasted for 10 or so years. They moved to smoke liquid sometime in the late 50's. Nowadays, when you see Lionel smoke pellets for sale, it is treated as a collector's item. Some people even sell the empty Lionel bottles.
I have never used the pellets, but I have used liquid before. These days, you're more apt to find smoke liquid. It's considerably cheaper normally, too.

Daggermaw wrote:i have no knoweldge of these smoke units and how they work.

For starters, the "smoke" from smoke pellets/liquids is not really smoke, as there is no combustion taking place. It's more like a fog similar to metorological fog you see outside. In model trains, there is a heating element inside that vaporizes the smoke liquid. The liquid is a light oil that, when heated and vaporized, turns into tiny droplets of moisture that release into the cooler air and create a fog.

As for using it in 40k models, you would likely have to have a little knowledge of electronics and develop a safe heating mechanism and find some way to hide it in your model. It can certainly be done though. You may even be able to buy a model locomotive and kitbash the element. They can be pretty pricey, though.

Here's a site with some smoke products:
http://www.internettrains.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGYA&Store_Code=IT&Category_Code=ALSSEF




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