Any tips on how to create smoke in a dio ?

Smoke is a very difficult one to pull off.
Most people use some type of cotton pulled out and painted various shades of black and gray.

Here's one way that might interest you:

It's in the Armor section, in the FEATURES part of this website.

The URl didn't paste so you'll have to go down the list until you see this:

2004-05-16 Defeat of France, 1940


Mike

Smoke is hard to pull off is an understatement. Pulled cotton batting, or aquarium filter material painted in various shades of black and gray have been used with varing success.

One modeler actually placed a model railroad smoke unit into his diabled tank and running the wires through the base was able to produce "real" smoke. Again, this was not the volumes of smoke one would see from a brewed up tank, but more whispy smoke. Still it was real smoke.

Personally, I model after the fact. Showing the aftermath of the fire - scorched armor, burned road wheels etc.

cotton would be the way to go but i dont no how to paint it.dont know if this would work but over here in new zealand we have a thing called pink batts its pink and goes in the inside of your walls that could also work maybe.

cheers
matt

I used cotton from the first aid kit and pulled it up the give varying degrees of thickness. I then painted it in different shades of gray and black.

That's a great looking tanker Dave. You pulled the smoke and flames of very convincingly. But if I had been driving I don't think I would have bothered closing the door when baling out.... :-) :-)

Cheers
Henk

Tanker looks great and very convincing. Cotton seems to be the best way. I've tried it to but before painting it I spread a lot of hairspray on it to make it stronger. Works quit well. Will show you later

Cant give you anything from experience, but I've seen cotton used most




Your "pink batts" would be insulation if I'm correct, as I acutally just covered my attic with it yesterday :-) as for using it for smoke, I'd recommend not too, as it could be "yucky" stuff to work with unless you wore gloves and a dust mask, as if it gets into your nasal passages or eyes after you touch them the results could be well...lets say not promising
:-)