Steam Locomotive with Tender

First of all: Slava Ukrainie.
I bought this set a while ago, sadly my mail review does not work. Anyway, building this model was HUGHE fun. Do NOT expect the set to run free of issues, this is WOOD. I had a piece of wax from a chinese model which helped a lot. Don't know wether a real candle would have worked as well. The most fun for me as a kind of an engineer was the actual gear, I rebuild it five times so it was correctly assembled and fit, also in the frame.
To bad it's done. A special gimmik is the gear moving the top doors of the tender.
Using tooth picks is a great idea, opended my mind for simple solutions. If one breaks (or even more) you find some in your kitchen in a drawer. IF you inserted some wrongly, yu can use a dremel or proxon with a 2mm drill to oben the connection.
I also like that there are some replacment parts.
Tips; use wax when installing tooth picks on the picks.
Heat the wax with a ligher, especially with the gear wheels. it'll cover the wood and then add some more.
If a tooth pick does not fit, try another one, there is quite some tolerance to the diameter of such material. eventually you'll find one that prvides a good fit and is not too tight. Do NOT use force! A small pair of pliers helps.
To UGears:
Check your assembly manual, some numbers (one or two) are not correct.
Have it checked for usability/comprehensiveness. At some (rare occasions) I had difficulties to follow the instructions.
Add a piece of wax.

great work, good prescision, great fun.
Too bad it 's done.. I think I will got for the marble towers next

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Some problems with this model:
1.There was no wax included.
2.Some strings were missing.
3.There were some mistakes in the instructions (for example, the incorrect number of pieces).
4.It was hard to extract the parts from the plate.
5.It was physically more difficult to assemble the mechanism.
6.Using toothpicks as connectors turned out to be a bad idea.
7. Joins is too tired. That's why the toothpicks breaks.

Some advantages of this model:
1.It looks cool.
2.It can move, although not very well.
3.It was interesting to build. For example, the first model I assembled was a cash register — it was more interesting and physically easier.

Good quality wood, no breakage. Toothpicks take some getting used to. When finished, the engine worked but needed a slight push to get started.
Would love to have a passenger car and caboose to make a complete set.

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A challenging yet very fun build! Mine kind of stutters as it goes along the ground but I honestly think that's operator error and nothing about the design!

The model is quite high-quality, all units work smoothly and without any hitches. The only thing is that in the free-running mode the key moves jerkily, apparently the tension of the rubber affects it, pressing it to the front wall. There were two typos in the instructions, which did not affect the quality of the assembly. I find the decision to use toothpicks quite interesting and practical, but I still wished there were fewer of them. I was pleased with the model, as well as the assembly, which took me about 6 hours.

it was a gift for my brother who was delighted with it and looks forward yto assembling it.

Excellent kits go together very well ,strong and sturdy.

Good quality!

Really good construction exercise for my grandson.
One difficulty - it was difficult to put multiple pieces on the tooth picks - I had to drill out the holes to allow this to be done