I have been the owner of a Bachmann N-scale replica of the Queen of Steam herself (Norfolk and Western J-class 4-8-4 #611) for almost two years now (I purchased it on the Saturday before Thanksgiving in 2015, the year the real engine was, thankfully, restored to working order for a second time in a little more than two decades), and I noticed something suspicious about the model just recently. I noticed that the part 00Q08, as the instruction manual for the model identifies the particular part as, seems to be a little offset from its counterpart on the locomotive's left side, which is part 00Q07, and no matter how hard I press against it (and I'm not trying to damage it; I'm only trying to see why it's offset) it will not align underneath the locomotive running board and side skirt. Being an adult (I'm 27 at the time I write this, and I was 25 when I purchased the model), I am always very careful when removing the model from its box and the plastic holder contained within the box for the purpose of holding the model. I want to be sure, therefore, that this is just how the model is made, because I know that the actual part in question on the real 611 is not offset like that. Otherwise, I am worried that this may be a manufacturing defect, because I have never dropped the model. I have always handled it correctly, and what's ironic is that I haven't even had the time to operate it yet. So I must know if this is just how the model is made or if this might have been a manufacturing defect. I would hate to have to purchase a duplicate model all because of this.