Protosound 1 Smoke Unit for a Protosound 3 Locomotive

I am lost, is this a powered unit now with PS-3 upgrade. Or still a dummy just with pickups?  Mounting smoke take some engineering especially in a unit not designed for it.  Especially if a circuit board is in there with a small frame like a RK F-3.  Pictures would help.  G

The dummy unit needs smoke that has power pickups. The powered unit and dummy are identical inside but MTH never put smoke in their PS 1 F-3's. I have plenty of PS 2 smoke units but the smoke needs to run off of track power. If I can get a smoke unit mounted I can get the output to the smoke funnel without a problem. I do not want to drill in to the frame to mount it The biggest problem is MTH with no part availability as there should be mounting brackets but they are not available anywhere.

Doesn't the frame already have holes for the diesel smoke unit to mount on the chassis?  If not, why in the world don't you want to drill the frame, you're going to have to drill something!  You can measure from the powered unit exactly where the holes go, makes the job pretty easy.

It may sound easy and could be easy but with no skills in crafts or skill using power tools I have a problem. The powered unit has a plate over the speaker port and the smoke unit is mounted to that and it is a part MTH doesn't have with 99% of their other F-3 parts. I Figured since MTH made PS 1 F-3's without smoke that someone might have already done this. If anyone has an idea of the type of smoke unit I can mount that I can use tubing with would be great. 

Go to a hobby shop or craft supply store and get a strip of K&S metal. You're going to have to fab something up.

Isn't the smoke unit going to be operating at full power, how are you controlling that?

Nope just running full blast like all PS 1 smoke units, gotta love the Granpa's pipe smell. There is a switch to turn it off.

Alright, they don't run full blast but on track voltage. Isn't DCS 18 volts to the rails? Or are you running conventional?

I have added plenty of smoke units to Steam and diesels.  YOU have to Drill the frame, just like MTH.  Even if you have a bracket to the smoke unit, the other end of the bracket goes to frame with screws.  If you can't do it, then you need to send to some one.  I think I even have the MTH F-3 Prem funnel that feeds two outlets.  G

Do you have an extra funnel?

I do, but I do not think your RK shell has the same outlet type or mount in the shell top.  Again pictures help.  The E-6 and 8 smoke unit with long legs, and long tube that can come out through a hole is a good one to use when a shell was not made to have smoke.  G

The only way to know for sure is if you have a part number for your funnel or if you know it compare it to one I have posted here. I was able to add a Lionel one but it wasn't easy and I still have two more dummies to do.