MTH, Here's the real story behind Joe and his broken steam whistle One-Gauge Big Boy.
On another forum dated 5-11-2017 Joe started a topic titled "MTH G Big Boy #4014 smoking whistle" and he posted a pic of a "blocked" smoke tube. Only problem with that is the smoke tube and smoke unit is a one piece sealed unit and the only way to discover a problem is to break it..which is what Joe did. He didn't "cut" the smoke tube open he broke it as he admitted here earlier/ above...
Seems that Joe only had this Big Boy for a few weeks before he decided to "fix" it...here's the dealer video of Joe's loco being tested...and the whistle smoke seems fine.
I'm the member that blasted him on the other forum as he brought up this problem on a new thread on about 5-11-2018. The new thread is titled "MTH 2018 Catalog (New Big Boys 4014, 4006, 4017, 4018, 4023)".
That forum is owned by a MTH dealer and that new thread is to make the public aware that there is indeed a new production run of Big Boys coming in July. That thread is not the place to air gripes over a broken smoking whistle esp. when there is already an ongoing thread about whistle smoke.
As the dealer that sold Joe his MTH One-Gauge Big Boy posted there is an outstanding order for a replacement smoke whistle tube.
