At about that time on the Sn3 Yahoo list there was talk of train smells. I thought of making a votive-sized candle, mixing ground up soft coal (depending on your area) with the wax and burning the candle in the train room.
I never tried it - partly because I don't know where to get any coal and partly because I realized the constant odor inside a closed train room would soon be unpleasant if not over-powering. It still has a certain appeal. Art A ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob Werre To: John Degnan Cc: Billy Click ; [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 3:59 PM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Brandhing off with the "Ties" topic... Actually John, there was a company that advertised in MR a few years back that did sell Railroad smells--I think they were out of Minneapolis Minn. Actually what would be better than smelling just a little cresote near the rail yards, maybe along with some coal oil smells. Then when you visitors moved over to Bill Banta's bakery smelling some fresh bread! Heck it almost 6 pm--I'm going home to eat! Bob Werre John Degnan wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bob Werre <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Billy Click <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 3:19 PM > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Brandhing off with the "Ties" topic... > > > I made the big mistake a few years back. I had a small can of > cresote (yes the > > real stuff). I was getting ready for some kind of open house, so I got > > the wise idea of adding a bit of the cresote aroma to the layout. I > > used a couple of Q-tips and spread some on a few ties. The next night I > > opened the train room and the smell was more than I could have > > imagined. It took several months before the smell subsided. > > O.k... now I have heard it all. If modeling is going so far as to > simulate SMELLS along with the other DETAILS... I may have to go back > into racing 4-wheelers, playing guitar, collecting comic books, > martial arts and playing computer games! > > <G> > > > John Degnan > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Seaboard Air Line 19000-19499 series, Class B-7 > 40' Single-Door, "Turtle-back" Box Car in S Scale AND HO Scale!!! > http://www.trainweb.org/seaboard/SALRoundRoofBoxCarProject.htm [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
