DTS - Mysterious Issue

I have a 5500 polygon DTS model that loads and renders in less than 10 seconds in Torque Show Tool.

However, if I try to load it in tutorial.base as a static shape, it takes almost 5 minutes to load.

Obviously something very different is happening in Show Tool than in the tutorial.base app. Anybody have any ideas what may account for the huge discrepancy?

Thanks in advance.