Trimarán Merihobus

This was the first model I've done from ugears and it won't be the last. I did have a lot of pieces flake but nothing that made a piece unusable, never used any of the spare parts included. I do wish there was a little more detail in the directions, especially with the "ropes", but I didn't find any errors with what was shown and if I looked long enough at how everything was situated it could be worked out. This is an advanced model. If it was marketed as easy I would've rated it differently. I do wish I could do it all again, to tighten up some lines and do some of the things that I wasn't initially as diligent about - sanding down the part attachment points especially (also I can't remember if this was in the directions but waxing the "rope" makes it easier to thread and it allows it to move more smoothly, would definitely recommend that)

Je n’écris pas souvent d’avis mais là… nous sommes à deux pour le monter. Certaines explications sont bâclées quand d’autres sont trop détaillées. Certains trous sont trop petits, il faut tellement de force pour les emboîter que je m’aide d’une pince mais ça abime totalement le bois. Il nous a fallu d’autres papiers à poncer, une pince à épiler pour diriger les fils dans des zones inatteignables, les cure-dents c’est une plaie, les dessins sont parfois trompeurs, BREF c’est une galère et moi qui suit habituée des book nook j’ai jamais eu les mains autant abîmées ! Le bateau est magnifique et j’en suis ravie mais ce n’était vraiment pas une partie de plaisir.

I thought this build was amazing, the entire model was beautiful, there were a few instances where it was challenging, but the reward made it so fufilling. This set was the best birthday present ever.

This is the worst of the Ugear Models that I have built. The instruction books was terrible and I had to guess were things went. Lots of pieces "chipped" when they were removed from the boards. Some of the sequence of building was wrong and some of the design was good in theory but not very practical

Je mets 4 étoiles pour la beauté et la qualité de ce modèle.
Par contre le livre d'explications mérite juste 2 étoiles. Les photos pour le montage des voiles sont trop petites et manquent de clarté. Quelques photos de plus en gros plan aideraient beaucoup. J'ai fini mon modèle avec des voiles fixes sans les cordages. Sacrilège.

Para ejecutar pagina 41, fig.8 y página 43, fig. 5. hay que volver a desmontar las piezas superiores.. Estas piezas deberían ponerse justo después de meter la cuerda

Excelente producto y en verdad es nivel avanzado, algunas piezas son difíciles de desprender pero desde ahí se ve el nivel de dificultad, yo he roto, las piezas 108, 109, y 110 por aplicar fuerza excesiva, pero es un gran modelo

Muy buen trabajo de ingeniería, algunas piezas ocupan mucha destreza para colocarlas ya que las puedes llegar a romper, un gran reto, este es el tercer modelo que ensamblo y estoy muy contento con el resultado, sería bueno que se incluyeran algunas piezas de repuesto por algún accidente a la hora de ensamblar.
Gran trabajo del equipo de Ugears, gracias.

I got this model 2 years ago as a present. Sadly the toothpicks were considerably too thick to fit into the predrilled holes. I had to grind every single toothpick off to make it thinner. They were also too strong to be cut by a cardboard cutter so I had to buy a wood saw. Considering the high number of required toothpicks, the building became more and more annoying cause it mainly consists of preparing the toothpicks for me. It was also frustrating when they broke during preparing.

I stoped building the, per se beautiful, model, when I realized that two elements with each 5 toothpicks should be rotatable (the 2 winches at the sides). Since I grinded them off only until they fit barely into the holes, the winches absolutely not moveable in my model.

So sad, I really was enthusiastic when I first saw the model but was left frustrated and with an unfinished model. The included toothpicks are just not suitable for the drilled holes.

I got this model for my birthday and i had a lot of fun building it. I am now looking for some other models to build. I think its a really good birthdaypresent.
:)