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On my layout I'd like to feature a few working smokestacks in factories, manufacturing plants, etc. A lot of structures have smokestacks of some sort. I don't want to do too much, because that would be overkill, but I'd like to feature maybe 2 or 3. I'm just brainstorming some ideas for a system to do this. I've never been really impressed with the smoke generators on the market (the types that can fit into locomotives). Besides the annoyance of refilling them, the smoke doesn't look very realistic to me. It looks like cigarette smoke. I want to create an effect that looks more like the white, billowey (is that a word?!), cottoney type of smoke that you sometimes see coming from large smokestacks. Also, I don't want a lot of it. Just a small amount rising 3"-4" above the smokestack and then disappearing. I certainly don't want turn the room into something that feels like a nightclub! I'd like to have a single machine that could run several smokestacks. I was thinking perhaps of a fog machine (the kind DJ's use) with the fog being directed via hose to several locations. Just an idea. Not sure if you can do this with a fog machine or if it would look real. Has anyone ever tried this or have any other ideas? Thanks
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