Assuming by around it you mean smoke/steam coming from the general area not the engine itself. You could put a smoke generator under the board with holes for the smoke to escape up.

My layout has until now been all diesel, but I've just bought my first steamer (sound fitted Farish Standard 5) to start filling my 'heritage yard'. I'd like to have some steam/smoke 'around' it whilst it's sitting in the yard. Anybody done this? Any suggestions about how I might go about this would be appreciated (if it's even possible).

The cover of the NGS Journal 5/25 carried a photo of SECR C Class 0-6-0s double heading a train.
Obviously I could not create an exact replica as I don't have the same layout but, with huge thanks to @Train Waiting for his incredible generosity, I submit to you something vaguely similar with A.I. having corrected any out of focus items. This is on our club layout 'Heatherley'

Congratulations to Lawrence! 

I still have the CCS single

Ha ha @port perran ! Funnily enough I had the CCS version of "Whole Lotta Love" as a single before I heard the original and it took me a while to get into Led Zeppelin's version, CCS's version was of course used as the theme to "Top of the Pops".

Tim

Quote from: Newportnobby on September 06, 2026, 11:38:02 AMLed Zep II
Dang - I'd forgotten just how good that album is

Didn't they do a cover of a song by C.C.S. on Led Zep II ?      

This doesn't really fit into any Classified sections but rather than EBay, I'd like to give you good chaps a chance to offer to buy this high spec laptop to store your train spreadsheets on, train photos, or anything else train related. Or you could give it to a son or daughter to take to University. The options are endless.

When I was working for myself I would back up my work to various other terrestrial-based hard drives and what were essentially "servers".

This Dell is a 14" Inspiron, high spec machine with Intel Core Evo processor, Intel 128MB graphics card, 32GB RAM, 1TB solid state hard drive and Windows 11 Home. It was one of my "back up servers". It developed a screen flicker and as it was under warranty it went back to Dell to be fixed. It returned good as new. In fact it came back as essentially a new machine. New motherboard. New screen. New Windows installation. No data! In fact, no evidence of this being my laptop at all.

I have four other backups of my business projects, so rather than repopulate this laptop from the start, I have decided to sell it.

Happy to send you more photos if required, but there really are hardly any signs of physical use at all on this machine.

It was >£1500 including VAT when new. I'd like £550 and it will be posted with Full insurance (that's the going rate on EBay for similar specified machines in this condition)

Regards
Bob G

Last couple of offerings are right up my alley.

Appetite for Destruction is one of the best freshmen albums ever.

Led Zep II
Dang - I'd forgotten just how good that album is