Building Tip: Smoke Unit for “Ned Hanlan”

Peter reported on a smoke generator system Bill Morrison engineered and made for his 40” scratch built historic Toronto Harbour tug “Ned Hanlan”. He is pleased to report he recently completed the installation of the system in his model. The system is a water based nebulizer type electronic smoke generator that runs off the 12 volt 7.5 AH lead acid gel cell battery that powers the tug. It has a radio receiver-controlled electric on-off switch and manual adjustable smoke volume control. The system board and water tank sits on a plywood board fitted to the top of the battery with a copper stack that easily fits into the wider diameter model smoke stack. It draws about 5A so the large battery enables full operation of the tug and over an hour of continuous smoke (i.e. water vapour). It was a windy day when the test was done and the pics show good volume of smoke for such conditions. Bill has since completed other such systems for some of his boats and other modellers. 

Thanks again Bill for a great job! and your assistance.