Hi folks,
Finally got my CP Gevo yesterday, and overall I'm really happy with it, the red is good, and the warning decals are somthing that makes this look more real than the Kato one, but there were some issues with it, and I'm wondering if I just got the friday afternoon one or if others have seen the same things?
First off the loco has no lubrication as far as I can see so consequently it sounds like a coffee grinder and doesn't run as smoothly as the mech suggests it should. I'm happy to have to lube the locos myself, but if that's expected out of the box, a note to that effect would be good - but maybe that step was missed at the factory.
There was a hair stuck half in and out of the paint on the GPS dome, which I eventually was able to scrape out and then repaint the dome. Also the dome and the other white piece on the cab roof looked like they'd been removed from the sprue with a set of teeth. Talking of sprue I had to remove some of the sprue joins from the handrails.
I found a piece of wire stuck in the bearing block mount, not touching anything, which I was able to remove luckily as if it had come free it could had gone into the truck mechansim.
Last point is the painting of the handrails which was really sloppy, the black doesn't see to cover the red well, and it's all over the stanchions, I can probably correct this with a bit of touch up paint but it's a nuisance having to do so.
As I say, I'm not sure if this is just a one off, or whether others have seen the same, in which case I'd be happy to email FVM about it, as it looks like the QC guy at the factory is letting Matt down.
