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

I bought this product for my son, and he enjoyed building it. This Big Ben is beautiful once finished with much intricate detail. Building the piece takes a lot of patience, but it is worth the effort. It was tricky to get many of the pieces to fit. However, the small sandpaper was particularly helpful and sometimes necessary to get the pieces to fit. Many parts are fragile and should be treated with care, especially the 1 mm pieces. Although a few small pieces broke, there were, luckily, spare parts. Fitting the tower together and placing the butter papers were the most challenging aspects of the building. Some parts would easily loosen if something was just slightly not aligned. The directions were clear and easy to follow, but in some parts, it was easier to follow them in a somewhat different order. The item did not come with a battery. The end design is small but a nice piece of decor. Overall, the wood pieces are of good quality, with a realistic look and a pretty design.

This looks so good once put together. Except the few pieces that are now missing because they broke when I PICKED IT UP. The sheets come with a few extra of the smallest pieces and the instructions say careful fragile....but when I tell you that a few of them crumbled I mean they literally crumbled just from being removed from the piece sheet. I even used a flat xacto blade to cut first. Then some of the pyres along the top broke just when picking it up. I left it sitting on my desk after completion, and I noticed a few days later that it had wiggled itself apart and the pieces were loose and separated. So glue it unless you want it to come apart. The amount of sanding I had to do to get some pieces together was a little uncalled for. Overall, it was pretty cheap and it showed in the assembly. I do have to say, it does look really nice as a desk decoration. Update: The seller reached out after seeing my review and has very generously offered to send me a replacement. I added a star strictly for that alone. If the quality was a fluke, I will upgrade to 5 stars.

If you are just getting into wood 3D puzzles, this is easier than others I’ve done. It is super tiny, which matches how cheap it is. I didn’t break very many pieces, and it’s mostly right angles making it less likely to break. They also provide extras for what they anticipate being highly breakable. Only qualm is batteries are not included like they say they are, so I looked all over thinking I dropped them but later built the London bridge by the same company and batteries weren’t in that either.

Easy to put together no problems.

Not easy to handle.