Mine was perfect out of the box. Good everything and a VERY VERY smooth runner at ridciulously low speeds conventionally). This thing runs at a scale 3-5 mph, with good sound conventionally. Incredible. Just creeping along. And very good smoke from two stacks, too.
However, it shares the same issue I have with all the scale steam articulated locos: it looks silly on curves, even 72" and 84" -- it is a big, long loco (about 1.5" longer than the main unit of a Veranda turbine). On curves the trucks jut out unrealistically and it just is not pleasing to my eye. What is interesting to me is that the Veranda Turbine which is nearly as long does not look bad on these same curves, because it has two four-wheel trucks on each end as opposed to one big many-wheel truck on each end like the DD35. that is why it juts out so much. So my DD35 will stay up on display with the other shelf queens (all my big scale articulated locos, most with 2.5 inch plus front boiler overhang of 72" curves)::: all looking good but seldom running much.
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