This Aster version looks nice and steady on the youtube video and once you have a good fire and the water pump on it should look after it`s self for half a dozen laps or so on a relatively large layout.
I only ever use filtered rain water and the `robust` engine is not too fussy what you feed into the fire box.
It is nice and realistically smelly however if you mix in a little bit of Welsh coal with probably antracite!
I can`t afford the cost of gas or meths now a days so solid fuel and dirty fingers are definitely IN......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6HGFr6UXUM
I only ever use filtered rain water and the `robust` engine is not too fussy what you feed into the fire box.
It is nice and realistically smelly however if you mix in a little bit of Welsh coal with probably antracite!
I can`t afford the cost of gas or meths now a days so solid fuel and dirty fingers are definitely IN......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6HGFr6UXUM