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jeffooi		#1 Posted : 03 June 2019 03:49:22(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 03/06/2019(UTC) Posts: 12 Location: Victoria, Melbourne		Hi all, Its good to be joining the Marklin Community. I recently binned my entire Hornby setup and retooled to 1960s Marklin analog. My first engine is the model 3005: BR 23 with metal body. Looking at the Marklin Service Manual there are a number of smoke generators available but none specifically for the 3005. Doing a google search I found a few 3005 engines that were converted to smoke but no information on the products used. Can anybody point me in the right direction please? Cheers, Jeff


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SteamNut		#2 Posted : 03 June 2019 04:07:22(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 11/05/2013(UTC) Posts: 488		The 3005 has a plastic boiler therefore no smoke generator was ever offered. If you did see one it was a custom job as the the heat from the generator will melt the plastic boiler. I have heard that some people have done this, perhaps even on this form - Fred


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Pmare4		#3 Posted : 03 June 2019 04:49:26(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 15/10/2015(UTC) Posts: 237 Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia		Originally Posted by: SteamNut The 3005 has a plastic boiler therefore no smoke generator was ever offered. If you did see one it was a custom job as the the heat from the generator will melt the plastic boiler. I have heard that some people have done this, perhaps even on this forum - Fred Hi Fred, That's not quite true - only the first version of the DA800 (the predecessor to the 3005) had a plastic boiler. Jeff's one will be metal. Here's a link to some instructions on installing a smoke generator, written by another forum member: https://www.marklin-user...-3005----Smoke-Generator Best regards Peter
		Peter Collecting vintage Märklin from 1935-1970, also Hornby O Gauge

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jeffooi		#4 Posted : 03 June 2019 06:09:06(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 03/06/2019(UTC) Posts: 12 Location: Victoria, Melbourne		Hi Peter and Fred, thanks for your replies. you beat me to it. Yes my 3005 has a metal boiler. I've asked for pictures of the soldering job. To summarise that thread: drill out chimney, (so long its a metal boiler), solder a wire onto the bottom connection from the [smoke] generator to the shoe and solder that to the shoe pick up. Total of 2 wires soldered underneath the shoe. One to the engine , as is, and the second to the bottom tip of the [smoke] generator. Cheers, Jeff


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PJMärklin		#5 Posted : 03 June 2019 06:30:46(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 04/12/2013(UTC) Posts: 2,210 Location: Hobart, Australia		Originally Posted by: jeffooi Hi all, Its good to be joining the Marklin Community. I recently binned my entire Hornby setup and retooled to 1960s Marklin analog. My first engine is the model 3005: BR 23 with metal body. Looking at the Marklin Service Manual there are a number of smoke generators available but none specifically for the 3005. Doing a google search I found a few 3005 engines that were converted to smoke but no information on the products used. Can anybody point me in the right direction please? Cheers, Jeff Hello Jeff, I too have this loco and the boiler, as you say, is made of metal. It is old ( ? 3005.8 : BR 23 - 014) I have in the past contemplated that one could drill out the smoke funnel to take a smoke unit, but this remains on that long list Regards, PJ


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