Model railroad smells

[nkalanaga]

JohnB:  For ozone, many older electric motors did that.  The newer ones, especially in N scale, don't seem to make enough sparks.  Maybe get some of the old O scale motors, connect them to a power supply, and run them under the layout?  Put small fans on them, and they'd circulate their own ozone.

For the beach smell, I don't know.  My impression of beaches has always been heavy on dead fish. Go to your local river or lake and pick up a couple "trash fish", such as carp, and put them in a bucket next to the ozone generators?

I grew up in a desert, and have never had an attraction to ocean beaches... 

[Chris333]

Well the soldering iron made it smoke, but there was barely a scent and it didn't remind me of a steam loco. Sometimes in the winter I use those scented wax melt thingies and they fill the whole house just from being warm. I was right above this oil basically snorting in the smoke and got very little.

Guess I'm going to recommend not buying this. Thumbs down.

[peteski]

Well the soldering iron made it smoke, but there was barely a scent and it didn't remind me of a steam loco. Sometimes in the winter I use those scented wax melt thingies and they fill the whole house just from being warm. I was right above this oil basically snorting in the smoke and got very little.

Guess I'm going to recommend not buying this. Thumbs down.

I think you bought the smoke fluid scented for oil-fired steam loco exhaust. 

[tehachapifan]

...For the beach smell, I don't know.  My impression of beaches has always been heavy on dead fish. Go to your local river or lake and pick up a couple "trash fish", such as carp, and put them in a bucket next to the ozone generators?

I grew up in a desert, and have never had an attraction to ocean beaches...

[glakedylan]

a drop on a hot light bulb works well
one needs to place drop on bulb before lighting it
small, small drop is the key and a little really
suffices, even in a small room


sincerely
Gary

[peteski]

a drop on a hot light bulb works well
one needs to place drop on bulb before lighting it
small, small drop is the key and a little really
suffices, even in a small room


sincerely
Gary

Drop  of what?  Dead fish juice?    (You didn't specifically quote what you are replying to, and dead fish was the most recent discussion). 
Plus incandescent bulbs are quickly becoming obsolete, and the LED bulbs don't get very hot (plus they are usually plastic). 
And Chris' steam engine scented smoke fluid seems like it was a bust.

[glakedylan]

Drop  of what?  Dead fish juice?    (You didn't specifically quote what you are replying to, and dead fish was the most recent discussion). 
Plus incandescent bulbs are quickly becoming obsolete, and the LED bulbs don't get very hot (plus they are usually plastic). 
And Chris' steam engine scented smoke fluid seems like it was a bust.

that would be any "essential oil" or scent flavored oil 
of course fish oil would work too, but the result rather foul 
never have any trouble here finding incandescent bulbs, especially
the lower wattage which work best in this particular context,
45W or 60W at the most.
and, heck, if it is for ambiance while running trains, 1 light bulb
could last for many months 
i use mine for different reasons and each session is about 30-45 mins
each day, and i have the bulb that i started using in 2018 
but then i am more into frankincense and myrrh, and sometimes
what is trade-named opium (not the real stuff obviously).
YMMV 


oh, and...the process involved heating the oil not burning it w/ a soldering iron or open flame 

[chicken45]

Who remembers Eric’s a$$ Water?
@seusscaboose had this bucket of...something, and it smelled like death.

[peteski]

that would be any "essential oil" or scent flavored oil 

oh, and...the process involved heating the oil not burning it w/ a soldering iron or open flame 

Personally I prefer my surroundings scent-free. 

And we have now determined out that the model train smoke fluid  is nothing like those scented oils which are used as air fresheners. That smoke fluid really has to be heated up to several hundred degrees to generate the smoke modelers are looking for,