so, I’ve been running this loco a while over the past week, and it’s quite growing on me.
It’s a smooth starting, powerful loco with a lot of character (granted I don’t have the space or facility to run long consists). After a bit of work fettling the drawbar, it handles O27 curves easily. Smoke unit is a bit feeble, but I don’t care. The sound system is incomplete but it runs quite happily with a whistle tender (a modern electronic one from the 4-4-2) and that works fine.