[away3d] Away3dLite Max3ds problem

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In the latest trunk of away3dlite I can't get a 3ds model to appear on
the screen.  I tested the model in Prefab and its loads fine in
there.  I created a bare bones project to try and get it to work with
no success.  Here's the code:

package
{
        import away3dlite.containers.ObjectContainer3D;
        import away3dlite.containers.View3D;
        import away3dlite.loaders.Max3DS;
        import away3dlite.materials.ColorMaterial;

        import flash.display.Sprite;
        import flash.display.StageQuality;
        import flash.events.Event;

        [SWF(frameRate="60", height="600", width="800")]
        public class away3dlite_3ds extends Sprite
        {
                [Embed(source="cLarBodM.3DS", 
mimeType="application/octet-stream")]
private var _guitar:Class;

                private var _view:View3D;
                private var _max3ds:Max3DS;
                private var _model:ObjectContainer3D;

                public function away3dlite_3ds()
                {
                        if (stage) {
                                _init();
                        } else {
                                this.addEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, 
function(e:Event):void
{ _init(); });
                        }
                }

                private function _init():void {
                        stage.quality = StageQuality.LOW;

                        _view = new View3D();
                        _view.x = stage.stageWidth/2;
                        _view.y = stage.stageHeight/2;
                        _view.camera.z = -500;
                        this.addChild(_view);

                        _max3ds = new Max3DS();
                        //_max3ds.material = new ColorMaterial(0x000000);
                        //_max3ds.scaling = 100;
                        _model = _max3ds.parseGeometry(new _guitar()) as 
ObjectContainer3D;
                        _view.scene.addChild(_model);

                        this.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, _onEnterFrame);
                }

                private function _onEnterFrame(e:Event):void {
                        _view.render();
                }
        }
}

Am I doing something obviously wrong here or is there a problem with
away3dlite?  I tried toying with the material and scaling, but they
didnt help either.  I'm stuck, any ideas?