Shucks Pete,
That's DAMN BREXIT for you😠
Several good German suppliers (possibly also French - PE, Dutch - Raboesch props, Italian Italeri & Lifecolor, Polish - PE & weapons kits etc) have stopped shipping to the UK due to Customs complications and costs.
I have the same problem the other way around.🤔
Ciao, Doug 😎

Tried to order one of the smoke machines from the German website you linked Doug, but no success, as they do not ship to the UK.

Cheers, Pete😊

What a site!!!!!!
A lot of people haven’t even met each other, they only know each other from thé site! A problem is being mentionned and in no time you get answers, solutions, possible suppliers and if thé details if thé supplier are not correct anymore 5 seconds later you got thé latest correct information. Im every Time speachless

Hi herman,
Actual name was Herbundsab Modellbausätze - derived from the owners names
Herbert Hallmann and Sabine Spaller.
They retired in December last year and Thomas Plum of 'TP Modellbau Design' took over the smoker range. Their online shop closed on 18th December.
Herbert Hallmann though is continuing with his Amphibicar Kits.

Photos (and link below) show the RG3 6V type that I bought several months ago. In fact I splurged on 3, one each for my largest ships; Graf Spee, HMS Belfast and HMS Hotspur.
Test reports as soon as I can get near my bench again🙄
They have a 60ml tank and should smoke for up to 60 minutes.
There are smaller cheaper ones as well, and the whole range is duplicated for 12V operation.
Don't smoke too much guys!
Cheers, Doug
Web sites only in German I'm afraid. I can help with that if needed.

http://www.herbundsab.de/

https://85681552.shop.strato.de/p/raucherzeuger-und-dampfoel-rg3-6v

This is a Heng Long tank smoker running on baby oil.
You could also try 50/50 glycerine and water. Don't overfill these,-they need just enough to saturate the cotton. I found filling them then draining any excess worked best. Some of these have a wire, some have a tiny resistor, easy to burn out if they go dry. Look under smoker experiments in the site forum search.

JB

A club mate bought his smoke unit at
Www.herbsundab.de
Price WAS 45 euro. 12V
It’s a kit n needs to be assembled
Hope this helps

I have the same smoke unit...if you remove the 4 screws on the tank, remove the lid. There is a small cotton ball to absorb the fluid in contact with the coil. I have had to replace this on mine when it quit working. (the cotton ball was burned black) I used a slightly larger piece of cotton. I put 10 to 15 drops in and it will smoke for about 10 minutes. Not the greatest unit, I don't use it anymore, I think it's a fire hazard. I would probably upgrade to a better one with a bigger tank if I were you. Thanks, RR

Goodmorning Fred (as well as the rest of you all), I shall do your suggestion this afternoon. It's THUR morning & 4 of us traditionally sail our tugs etc. at Bluffers Park. It's named Bluffers due to the steep cliffs adjacent to Lake Ontario. Somewhat like the White Cliffs of Dover altho not so bare & not so high. I am maiden-voyaging 2 recent acquisitions. One is a balloon buster/buoy layer/ rescue tug, the other is a Springer tug,single engine.

Hi RodC
I have just reread you comment (14) and like the others have said, you may have just over filled it with oil, if you take the top off and see any oil in the tank then yes you have over filled it, the cotton waste just needs to be wet the same as you would with a face flannel, when you have the top off try pulling the waste up so that the coil is just sitting on top of it, I found that it will drop down the first time it is used.
I have had one of these units running for most of a day at a show with out doing a refill.

Fred

P/S the wife and I had a window table at the CN so had to keep our arms in to miss the window frames.

Ok Doug. Apology accepted & no hard feelings. Thanks, Hugh