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Modellbahn-Lokomotiven aufgetragen
werden kann, um die Zugkraft zu erhöhen.
Im flüssigen Zustand ist Bullfrog Snot ...
I'm sure someones tounge was firmly in his or her cheeck when this product was named. Our hobby has never been short of people with a sense of humor! ...
Bullfrog Snot is by far one of the more interesting new items released for the model train industry this year.
Locomotive traction has always been a concern, and Bullfrog Snot offers a solution.
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- "This is the biggest breakthrough in model railroading thats ever came along."
- " ...an AMAZING 111% improvement!"
- "... I can triple the pulling power"
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- "I have already doubled what the unSnotted engine could pull. I am happy."
- "I'm thinking a 50% to 100% increase in pulling power."
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We’ve shipped BULLFROG SNOT to Canada, Germany, Denmark, the UK, and Australia. We use the Post Office’s priority mail, and International Priority Mail was $18 to Canada and as much as $26 to Australia. Ouch! Recently the Post Office has introduced the ‘small flat rate box’ which allows up to four pounds to be shipped international for a stated cost of $12.95. Four pounds is a heck of a lot of BULLFROG SNOT, more than a dozen jars. So, if you were holding off on trying BULLFROG SNOT because of the shipping costs you have nothing more to fear. Combine several orders and save big. BULLFROG SNOT will change the way you run your trains. And we changed the way we ship BULLFROG SNOT too.
In a recent issue of a famous RR hobby magazine there appears a test of a new locomotive. They were quite kind in their analysis, and seemed to like the little engine very much. But as we read the test results, the charts and graphs tell the story that this critter can only pull at about 40% of the ‘average’ N locomotive. We have written to the magazine, and suggested their hobby pros apply some BULLFROG SNOT, and give it another go. We’ve even sent a sample of BULLFROG SNOT to assist their testing. We look forward to viewing the published results. The results of testing by garden-variety model hobbyists are stated on our website. They seem to think BULLFROG SNOT is great stuff; the rest of the world is just getting to realize it.
We recently read a thread about a LHS demo that went bad because of the factory traction tires coming off. They seem to be very sensitive little critters, these factory TTs. Don’t put them on the track the wrong way. Better use a dab of super glue. Geez, what a pain. We do need traction tires to get optimum prototypical performance. From our tests, adding weight is good only to a point. More weight equals better traction, but also means more for the engine to have to haul around. And most modern locos have darn little space to put more weight in. Particularly so when material is milled away to add DCC encoders. We have learned that a certain wheels will have a better contact patch than others, just due to suspension differences and torque effects. This can be improved by shimming the bearing blocks on steamers, but on diesel trucks some testing and experimentation is required. Once that point is determined, that is the best place for the traction tire. And the easiest way to get a traction tire where you want it is with BULLFROG SNOT. Easy, reliable – a BULLFROG SNOT traction tire does not come off – quick, and very cost effective. BULLFROG SNOT will change the way you run your trains. Imagine, our modified (shimmed bearing blocks, with BULLFROG SNOT, bashed to be a Reading I-10) Spectrum 2-8-0 waddles around the layout pulling 50 empty hoppers and a bobber caboose all by itself. It’s amazing.
When creating and experimenting with BULLFROG SNOT, we noted that different locos react with various results to applications. There are ‘suspension’ variables that mean certain wheels will get more ‘bite’ that others. There are also torque effects that were previously not a concern to us that will cause one axle to have more traction. And it can be direction dependent. We’ve applied BULLFROG SNOT to a loco and had very little improvement, but when moved to another axle on the same loco we witnessed dramatic increases in pulling ability. From our experience, applications to more than one axle per engine reduced electrical contact. While one axle per engine did not have harmful effect on pickup and provided adequate traction. Diesels seem to like the rear set of driving wheels SNOT’d. Exceptions abound. Steamers with good tender pick-up can use multiple traction tires. Our 2-10-2 has BULLFROG SNOT on three of the five axles. Our Spectrum 2-8-0 and 4-8-2 have BULLFROG SNOT on two of the four, and our MP 4-4-0 uses BULLFROG SNOT on all drivers (We do use a modified tender for more reliable juice). For the 2-6-6-2 and 2-8-8-2 engines, we applied BULLFROG SNOT to the crank mains with excellent results. So the word is EXPERIMENT! BULLFROG SNOT is easily applied, and easily removed, with no permanent changes to your locos. We know it works great for N, and have reports that HO and O scalers are liking their results as well.
BULLFROG SNOT creates a nice sticky, durable, plastic traction tire. Many users have tried it, and it works. They love the stuff. It provides an amazing traction improvement at a very economical cost of mere pennies per application. BULLFROG SNOT cannot be easier to use, it is almost foolproof.
But there will always be those who will complain about anything. It’s too expensive! It’s snake-oil! It’s a scam! It will only last a few days! It’s not needed! I can do better with my own glue and tape! It’s got to be too thick! It will cause wobbles! (All baloney in our opinion)
Many of these complainers are vociferous on the chat boards, but don’t actually have a working layout, haven’t tried BULLFROG SNOT, and are too cranky and cheap to try anything new.
And there are those that can’t seem to install BULLFROG SNOT without a crisis. But then, some people can’t handle glue, paint, and decals either. Some want to alter the unique properties of BULLFROG SNOT by attempting to thin it, or they invent new and ‘better’ methods for installation.
So, yes, there are reports out there of negligible performance improvements when using BULLFROG SNOT. How can we account for a few disappointments among so many that applaud the coming of BULLFROG SNOT? Good question. Why is that?
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