That is one of the recent models DH went over. Sews quite well, took a bit to get use to the feeding, and I wasn't real pleased with FMQ because of the feed dog cover plate. And yes, it's a rather noisy machine compared to many.
It's one of three we are taking to my brother's house so his two college age daughters can choose. They had looked at brand new plastic machines, and decided they'd rather go vintage.