I've purchased a Lionel Christmas Jet Snow Blower and am disappointed at it's anemic smoke output. An after the purchase Google search led me to a youtube video where the smoke output for that jet snow blower was likewise anemic. A poster said it works best with Legacy and TMCC locomotives running at high speed and 18 volts but unfortunately I haven't yet splurged on TMCC and Legacy.
I bought this for my nephew to run at moderate speed with a conventional Polar Express steam whistle effect engine pulling all of Lionel's available lighted passenger coaches.
Can anything be done to increase this jet snow blower's smoke output? Would replacing its smoke unit with an MTH fan driven smoke unit be a viable option? Any suggestions on how that would be done? Is there anyone or any company who'd do such a conversion?
I truly don't want to see the look of disappointment on a 3-1/2 year olds face this Christmas so any help or advice is greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance for your help.
