Wood Trick Steam Tank 3D Wooden Puzzles for Adults and Kids to Build - Rides up to 8 ft - Engineering DIY Mechanical Wood Model Kit

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Not Easy but worth the work!!!

Really neat to snap together such well-fitting parts. Be sure to sand it a lot and use as much lube as possible on moving parts. I thought I'd dome that but the spring just isn't strong enough to turn the tracks.

My spring was unwound in the box when it came. Assembly seemed to show that it was to come that way. Finally, after much time in trying to wind this into a little spring to fit where it was to go, and breaking several prices, I quit and asked for a new kit. I was totally surprised when the spring came in this compact, already wound up piece. It was so much easier to work with than the original unwound piece.

I had to give it a 1 star for easy to assemble ratting because of how frustrating it was for me to get the spring in., trust me your going to hate that first step.The rest of the kit get's 5 stars for being easy and fun. My advice would be to really take your time, sand and wax every part then really look at where they go to make sure it's well going to work lol.It does work and go about 5ish feet but not a toy you or your kids are going to be playing with a lot because it's not made for that, just sayin?Overall I love it just well not trying to get the you no what spring in the right spot., best of luck with yours.

The assembly instructions were poorly written and difficult to follow. The parts were poorly cut and hard to remove from the parts boards, (perhaps inadequate blazer cutter). Many parts broke. Not enough spare parts.

I consider myself to be an expert at these puzzles...done over 40 models from various companies. This was fun to build. I had trouble with both tracks being too tight. The directions say to build 19 segments of track and then when you put it on you have to add 1 segment to attach both ends...mine were way too tight for the tank to work. You cant add another segment because then it will be too loose. I ended up sanding the inner part of the connecting forks which made the tracks 1/2 in longer. Hooked it up and the tank works perfectly. Wish it was bigger and could go farther. Hope this helps anybody that has the same problem.

My 55th of this type - Ugears, ROKR, Wood Trick, EWA and others. This was a very good build: good instructions, good materials - I especially like spring- driven mechanism. Most of my models are rubber band driven - OK, but spring drives are the best. As with all of this type model, requires patience, lots of sanding, waxing, etc. Looks very good, works better than promo video.