2025 ARMORTEK KIT SURVEY

Over the last few years we have brought out a whole series of kits as a direct result of your feedback - kits like the Pershing, JagdPanther, Hetzer, Leopard 2A4, and more recently the Sd Kfz 7, 88mm Flak 36 and the upcoming Challenger 2.

So, in keeping with what has become and annual tradition, here is your opportunity to once again influence our future production plans.

We have added in some "guide pricing" next to the names of the models. This is a rough estimate of the price at the current rates.

Thanks in advance for your input and we look forward to the results.

Smoke liquids

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Andre Meylan
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On our models in the various videos, I have always seen white smoke and that is not really near reality ... is there any dirty heavy dark grey smoke liquid available or can be mixed by some of our chemistry experts here? Cheers, Andre

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No. There is no way to produce anything but white smoke, unless something is burning for real. It is, however, possible to blow soot out the exhaust, but you can imagine the downside...
A little too much is about right...
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I remember years ago someone mentioned putting black food colouring into the oil to make the smoke black, but they found that once it came out of the exhaust it made everything black :shock:

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Hi guys,

dark 'smoke' can IMHO be produced by emitting someting as black laser printer toner or coal dust, but never by vaporizing a liquid.
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Gerhard Michel wrote: ↑
Sun Oct 13, 2024 9:52 pm
 Hi guys,

dark 'smoke' can IMHO be produced by emitting someting as black laser printer toner or coal dust, but never by vaporizing a liquid.
Hi Gerhard

I would not use laser toner as from what I remember the cartridges had some severe warning labels about possible health hazards.

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Hi Gary,

your hint is absolutely correct, and I would never use toner for 'smoke'. But some guys do....
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Hi Guys
I have a friend who is good at getting magic blue smoke out of speed controllers :D :D :D :D .
It doesn't last long though :wink:

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Can't imagine what toner particles would do to any heater elements in a smoker- nothing good I'd imagine.

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Hi Jerry,

I asked a guy who worked with toner. He used no heat but a simple fan to blow out an certain amount of toner that was seperated by a servo before, only when accelerating the tank. The coal dust solution worked in a similar manner.
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Seems like you could dye cornstarch powder black or perhaps even heat it until dark brown and use that- possibly more environmentally sound.

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