Rowood 3D Puzzles for Adults Wooden Model Kit Adult Craft Kit Gifts for Teens Age 14+ Big Ben

This was a great build although I mistakenly broke some pieces when removing it from the sheet. At the end, I used nail glue to stick the broken pieces together and it looks great. I've actually gotten compliments on it :)

This puzzle is fun and entertaining with easy to follow step by step instructions. Wood cuts are exact and easily pop out. Great fitment of pieces and design. Also a great gift idea.

My daughter received the pumpkin ("Cinderella-style") cart/carriage puzzle for Christmas. This is a beautifully ornate tiny puzzle with real moving parts, and that alone makes it so cool and worth the trouble, though at many points throughout our attempt to piece it together and correct mistakes, I had my doubts. For people who like building models, working with their hands, or accomplishing the near-impossible... this one's a charmer.Feedback for the manufacturer: The directions would be better if they were black and white photographs of the parts involved in each step, rather than sketches of the parts. Words would also be helpful, but if you are sticking with picture-only instructions, photographs would be better.Here are some tips for builders:1. The pegs that fit into the tiny holes like little nails are so, so tricky, but we found a way to work them into the holes. You press and twist them and once you twist it in like they are screws, then you can press them the rest of the way through the hole with your fingertip or the flat handle of a knife or something until they are level with the surface (like a nail). Don't bother trying to use toothpicks as substitute pegs; the toothpicks we had (standard round) were too narrow and fell right through the holes.2. Also, I inadvertently broke off little curly-Q wood embellishments on parts of the carriage frame and was able to use a tiny drop of super-glue and hold it together for a minute and it stuck and was strong. Tape does not stick to this wood, but super-glue works great.3. Another tip: when you are looking at the side of the carriage -- like the profile -- from back wheels, to carriage, to front wheels, there is a panel on either side of the carriage which is wider than all the other panels. Just as you might expect on a real carriage, because these wider panels are like the "doors" where someone would get into the carriage. (But they do not open on this puzzle.) I say this because when my kids first put the top of the carriage together, with the frame pieces, they did not have the wider pieces opposite each other, so things did not line up right. Once we realized the error and corrected it, things came together.4. Also: the tiny pegs at the top of the frame pieces that plug into the very top of the carriage are quite fragile. We broke a few, and now have a hair band applying pressure to the top "ceiling" of the carriage, though super gluing the panels to the frames would permanently fix that so I may do that and apply pressure for a minute or two using my hand as a clamp.I am not a big person but felt like a clumsy giant trying to work on this; it takes patience, but my daughter was thrilled with the results, the wheels really turn, and she immediately made a tiny polymer clay princess for it, using tweezers to set the figurine on the nice seats inside the carriage. Some miniature 3.5" posable skeletons (Re-ment, amazon.com) are the driver and footman at either end of the carriage and fit perfectly on their seats. We have made homemade reins for a small hippo as a reluctant stand-in for a horse. It's really cool looking and very detailed. We also tried the ferris wheel and merry-go-round, but the pumpkin cart (carriage) was by far the most involved.

This is titled an airship, but I think of it as a steampunk airship. You see these people discovered a method to float big objects in a unique fashion. Opens up a whole new world.. Since I am unable to assemble such a kit without making alterations to it I'm having fun. The usual suggestions here: after determining that the tab and slot joining method sits well glue it. Plus the tabs will require some sanding to get a good fit. Don't force it as the plywood used in this type of kit can be pretty fragile. If you wish to paint it do so before assembling it completely, its easier. This, and other kits made like it, can really fire up the imagination in a patient person. A youngster would most likely not get into it since it takes some time that they may have wanted to do something else. Oh,also,these kits have almost no written instructions but the steps are very well drawn. Study them well. Good luck, I think you will like the results.

I bought this for my sister in law for Christmas. She loved adding it to the village.

Super fun to assemble.

I love these wooden 3D puzzles. This one was my favorite so far.

I have to say that I’m honestly very disappointed in this. It was rated as an easy level and I do a lot of crafts and I found this very difficult to work with. I broke several of the pieces and had the superglue them, the directions were awful. I honestly couldn’t wait to finish it just to be done and it’s not even good looking enough for me to display as I had originally hoped to do.