DIY 3D Wooden Puzzles for Adults Trebuchet Science Building Kit Model Catapult Engineering Kit Wood Assembly Gifts

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Really good model. I love the detail but the sling material was less than authentic looking. Other than that, it's a good model! I enjoyed it! It's easy to construct, good for beginers.

I bought this as a gift for my 35 year old son - kind of a gag gift. He and some fellow Boy Scouts had built one of these when he was about 12. He said the kit went together well and he enjoyed building it.

doesn't come with weights

Got this for my uncle (the man who has everything). He loved it.

I would never recommend buying this. My grandson lost his interest in this because you must glue almost every piece before next steps. Glue-wait-dry-glue-wait-dry etc. Started this project last night, glued 6 pieces and had to wait for them to dry before next step. He will finish it but he said he doesn't want anymore of this type of project. Having to wait is the downfall of it. We will certainly read on the installation process on the next project we order. Upon drying continued on, pieces don't fit must sand a lot in order to make it fit. Directions are pretty useless. It shows the steps in order but doesn't explain how much glue to use in certain areas. (glue is not supplied). When installing pieces a slight force must be used and the pieces that dried the night before started to come apart because no glue was shown to be put there. I wanted to throw it in the trash can but the price is not that cheap so I will use my Dremel tool and make it fit.

14 YO Grandson and I got in a discussion about ballistae, catapults and trebuchets. Next thing you know we're at the table building this. We modified it here and there to make it what we wanted. Not saying anyone in my yard was throwing kerosene soaked flaming wooden marbles with this thing, but if they were, it was a blast. New core memory for this old man :)

One of the greatest challenges in this model is that, during assembly, many pieces are stacked -- for example, the lower sides are 4 pieces together, which you can see in the picture. Despite the instructions, do not glue these together until they're in their final position. If your alignment is off by a tiny smidge, which is really, really easy to do, they're not going to fit over the tabs on the body later on! It's a whole lot easier to leave them unglued and /then/ glue them as they slide onto the tabs.Some of the slots are insanely tight either way, and you may find yourself using a hobby knife to widen them a little bit.The directions for the final steps of assembly and actually using the thing are utterly non existent, and some other steps are insanely confusing.Once its together, it's a lot of fun to lob little things across the room. :) The counterweight basket is a little small, limiting how much weight you can add, but once you figure out something to put in there.... MUWAHAHAH.