500PCS Punk Mechanische Kaninchen DIY Montage Modell 3D Metall Puzzle

Building this kit was certainly challenging and tooks hours more than claimed, however it was worthwhile. A minimum of four hands are necessary for much of the required assembly. A pair of surgeons self-locking long nosed clamps/pliers were invaluable to hold the tiny nuts. I commend the creator as it is a mad project with many more pieces than really necessary for sheer effect. The instructions were almost perfect with few errors and nothing was missing. However a few straight photographs from all around would have been useful, as well as the angled views.

On the negative side, any handling of the finished model results in rapid unscheduled disassembly as the nuts and bolts undo themselves. It might be an idea to use light Loctite on the nuts during building. I have built a stand and plan to leave it alone.

You need to have high levels of dexterity and patience to complete this. A more realistic version (!) without the steam punk elements might be more appealing to naturalists. Operating the lights at the back of the head is not mentioned in the instructions.

I don't normally write reviews, but I felt obligated to do one for this product. I bought this because I love mechanical engineer, and rabbits. And it felt like a great combination. So lets get into the reviews.

The Good:
- It goes together
- No parts were missing
- The final assembly is damn near identical to what you have here
- There are definitely over 500 pieces
- They ship with a lot of extra components, and all of the tools that you will need to put it together. Although, I ended up using many of my own tools. We'll get that together.
- It's beautiful to look at.

The bad.
- When it shipped, the instructions weren't included. I had to email support to get a digital copy
- Some of the instructions have miss labeled parts, but I was able to figure out what they were trying to do through the pictures
- This build is -tight-. You may or may not be able to get things together right out of the box. If you're off, even by a fraction of a milimeter, it won't go together. Many times, I had to make substitutions or fixes.
- This build is DIFFICULT. It took me over 8 hours to complete this. Although, a lot of that was spent trying to line things up perfectly.
- I was missing all of the iridescent pieces which was a little disappointing.

The Ugly
- Some of the parts are machined very poorly. I was constantly re-bending things so that they would fit together, and at one point, one of the screw threads was so mangled, I had to file the screw down and use super glue
- The build is not good. When this thing finally gets put together, expect to put it somewhere and never touch it again. Even though you're using machine screws and nuts, there are -so- many parts that something will come loose and ruin your day.
- Several time, I had to physically drill away material to make things fit.

If you're not handy or have a garage full of the right tools, I honestly don't think you could put this together. It was that difficult.