Regner 'Max' first run

[Old Tom]

Yeah, sweetly cute.
For the exhaust what if the exhaust ran up outside the funnel, steam would be in almost the right place. :-

Thanks John but the problem with having it too close would be that all the condensate/oil mix from the first few turns of the flywheel would drop down the chimney and straight into the fire (or burner) and cause a bit of a problem I also want to get rid of that huge jet of steam as he toddles along so it'll be the condenser solution for me, I think

 

[Old Tom]

Here is an off the shelf Chedder version which is prbably too big but the derscription explains how it works and would be simple to make:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CONDENSER...=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item230578946d

That's given me an idea... I was thinking of a square condenser, but seeing this, perhaps a cylinder shaped one might look rather good!
...... hunts round workshop for suitable 'donor'....