Arrived today. Awesome looking engine. The glossy paint job looks like it is not die cast. Hard to explain. Following are a couple of videos;
1. the tender does not like going through my Ross 092-072 curve. It will not go into it from the points direction where it will ride up the points and derail.
2. I do have min 072 curves on my upper loop. The Big Boy overhangs about 2 1/4 inches around those curves - give it 2 1/2 to be safe - measured from the outside rail.
3. I had to move my crossing light and "mountain" to allow passage through the curve. I am about a 1/2 too much thickness to accommodate the overhang in the curve.
4. While I am not much on reading instructions, there is a shipping bar across the steps at the front of the tender. It needs to be removed to attach the wireless tether. Ask me how I found out.
5 rather odd? the Imperial Big Boy had a larger overhang at the cab end. The Premier is at the lead boiler.
Good thing there is a new layout planned in the next house. Going to need 092 curves maybe bigger where he is in prime viewing. Smokes you out of the room.
Video of the overhang - pretty extreme to my eye.
At the end of the video you can see the tender jump as it clears the curve. At speed it seems less of an issue.
For those of you familiar with TwinPines RR, I had to pull the mountain scenery to provide clearance. Also pulled the cross buck back as it did not like being swiped by the boiler.
