Desktop Wooden Model Kit Garden House A with a Large Deck by YOUNGMODELER by Young Modeler

May I say, this wooden model house was an absolute pleasure to build! I have over 20 years of buiding wooden model ships, boats, and plastic models and this is my favorite! When I received the model, it came in a very nice plastic box. The instructions were in photos and very easy to follow. The quality of the laser cut parts are superb. The tolerances are so tight, you could build this model without glue, although I highly recommend using CA glues for structural integrity. As far as equipment goes, a razor sharp Xato knife would be benificial, and pretty much that’s all. I highly recommend this kit to novices and expert’s alike! Cheers!

It was fun putting together, very easy instructions, my only problem was the pieces do not snap together and stay in place. I basically glued it together. The wood is very sturdy compared to other projects I did. I would recommend.

It's really cool looking and was fun to build but it was a bit pricey for what you get

Love the kit. There are a few pieces that don't fit snug though.

After purchasing the trebuchet kit for my wife, I felt compelled to get the Garden House A kit. While it may be for ages 12+, it was still something of a challenge for me as an adult. But not in a bad way. First, the construction. I never once felt frustrated with the parts. There are some parts in this kit, such as the window frames and deck rails, which are very delicate and should be removed carefully. Fortunately they are laser cut so fine that there's only a few small points where they're joined to their sprue boards. Some parts had extremely tight tolerances with their slotting (such as the chimney), but a couple of light passes with an emery board solved that problem. In fact, the tolerances were so good that for the majority of this model you don't need any of the supplied glue. The only places I would recommend glue would be the windows, stairs, deck supports (on the front under the deck), and the back door steps just to be sure. Everything else goes together tight enough that tension is all you need. There were moments during the build that I thought it would come right apart in my hands, but it never did. Once you have the walls and floor together, it stands up nicely and you can immediately see the strength. The instructions, while in both Korean and English, use written language sparingly. In fact, the majority of the instructions are all visual, using a pretty standard series that repeats: Find parts to use, assemble the first half, assemble the second half. When recommended, gluing is labeled on that step. The only tools I recommend you have on hand for this are some fine-point tweezers (some parts are very small), an emery board, and possibly an Xacto knife. The knife is optional but may come in handy for some pieces that are stubborn to get off the board. And if you're feeling adventurous, there is a hole in the bottom of the model for you to wire up LEDs. The one problem I ran into with this is that the plastic for the windows is tinted orange and is dark enough to knock down a 2x2 array of off-the-shelf LEDs to near nothing. So you might want to consider putting something with a little more punch inside if you're going to light it. If you're looking for a nice challenge that will keep you busy for a couple of hours, then you could worse than try this model.

Thank was close to to perfect except for a few flaws. Cons: The break point on some pieces wasn’t enough and ended up pulling apart the wood. See image. Happened on quite a few about half way in. So there are a few exposed and some cracked because of this. The wall on the right side was bowed out a bit not allowing the decking to fit in. Because of this the piece shatter while putting it in and is now unusable. The pressure from the wall cracked the decking. The wood is very thing causing it to be. Bit fragile. If you’ve never done one of these be very careful punching them out and handling them. The glue is nice but would have been better had it been a small bottle instead of this make shift pack. During shipping the temp change causes back pressure and when cut open, it popped and went every where! I didn’t use all of it even after most came out. The pros: Detail is great! It actually looks good. Would look amazing had a few pieces not broken or splintered. Makes me sad the detail it is missing because of this. It is pretty sturdy once put together. It took only about 30-40 minutes to put together. A few pieces didn’t fit exact and had to sand a little to get a few in. Others chipped, cracked, even broke. After all was said and done, I don’t know if I can use it because of the detail issues. If i got it again i would use my exact-o knife to cut them out instead. Someone that isn’t a perfectionist would love this with the minor flaws it has. I’m not sure if anyone else had these issues. If you can get past subtle flaws it is worth the time, money and effort!

Very well made got this for my brother in law who is laid up with a bad foot He is 73 he liked it so much he even text me a thank you and he never text me He loves working on small lots and had it done in a day I would think others it would have taken a few He said it was really good material

Pieces came already cracked. And pieces that came in tact shattered as you tried to pop them out it is complete trash! A huge waste of money. i bought my husband 3 different kinds of wooden puzzles. The other two were in excellent shape and easy to put together. They took sone time, one in fact took 4 hours 2 people doing it together. It turned out fantastic, but this kit was AWFUL! To thin of wood. Just too fragile. Shame because we saved it for last because it looked so neat. Talk about a HUGE disappointment! Save your money.