I'm working on a dogfight scene between two planes, one of which fires upon the other. The smoke from the cannons is no problem, but a flame (fire) shooting from the nossle of the gun is. I've perused through the manual provided with the CD, and I've given Google and this forum a spin, but no luck on how to do it just yet.

I've tried spheres with both 'flame' textures, but I'm far from getting the result I want.

Can someone give me a few pointers on how it can be done? Thanks in advance.