Nifeliz CN5700 Steam Train Building Kit and Engineering Toy, Collectible Steam Locomotive Display Set, 1：38 Scale Model with Train Tracks, Top Present for Train Lovers (1136 PCS)

Complicated to build but great when completed. 30” inches long so you have to have the right place for display. At 74, I had never built a lego style block build. It took me longer than it would take others as I have Parkinson’s so had frequent problems and had to stop working on it. Fun project though. Only a couple of missing pieces that were easy to get from other sources.

Initial thoughts were that I was impressed. Numbered bags, little trays to put parts in, great instructions. Unfortunately, I can't even complete step 1 due to a missing part. I tried to contact support, but their site was down for maintenance. I guess I'll try again later. I'll see if I've got a spare part in my giant bin of legos. Will update review if this is resolved.Update 1: I found a substitute piece in my lego bin that I needed (was missing one of the 1x16 stud technic bricks). After that, I spent approximately 6 hours building the train. Outside of that 1 missing piece, I had everything else! It went together just like lego! One nitpick, the tubes spin and slide in the clips, which usually also happens with lego from my own experience. I'll be buying some 1/8" aluminium rods to replace them, as I've done that in the past and they're perfect. Still waiting for the site to come out of maintenance mode.

This is a fantastic set, the value is really worth it. It is a bit more on the difficult side to build. There are lots of liberties taken with some free floating pieces that make life frustrating. Also, the instructions are laid out confusing in a few spots. Overall, this set looks fantastic, is a great time to build, and a decent challenge for normal Lego builders. The creator of this set should be proud, and their set designers should get a raise. My main complaint is quality control, some pieces are just a hair smaller than they should be and it results in a loose fit. I used plastic glue to solve this, but I know many people frown on using glue with building blocks.TLDR: good set, difficult, and looks great!

Great train set- my 10 year old grandson put it together-very good instructions and no missing pieces-it is now sitting on display in our living room

This is a great build. Looks mostly accurate. Can be very easily made to free roll on the tracks and be pushed by a powered boxcar or something. The front guide wheels are completely wrong but with minor adjustments, glue and the correct wheels, it follows curves. The center bogie on the tender is a no go on corners period. Either remove the center bogie completely or do as I did and make 2 3 axle bogies. Also, there's no chance of motorizing the loco or tender without MAJOR mods and redesign. But if you remove the drive wheel gears entirely it rolls really smooth. Either push it with a motorized freight car or go double header with another motorized loco.Happy legoing

This is a craftsman-quality kit. It does require some minimal pre-study of the instruction manual, but the manual is very well done. My kit had no missing pieces, and all the pieces fit well and accurately. For me, this was one of the best hobby projects that I enjoyed through the complete build. Before building, I separated all the pieces and parts into separate bags by color, making the building process much more straightforward.

This has been a headache. Most of the bags were not numbered and the ones that were had mixed up pieces. It falls apart just by looking at it

The instructions are difficult to follow because the illustrations are not clear. I haven’t got to the locomotive yet and already there are missing parts which will cause me to email the company with photos, etc so I can go on with the build.