Nifeliz CN5700 Steam Train Building Kit and Engineering Toy, Collectible Steam Locomotive Display Set, 1：38 Scale Model Train Building Kit 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.

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

A lot of missing pieces. And a lot of left over pieces. Had fun building this train.

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 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

I previously purchased the German locomotive from this company, and just bought and finished the southern pacific. Just like the other one these sets have their quirks, but definitely was a blast. Just be patient. Study the instructions. Pieces fit great

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.

This is a very nice representation of Southern Pacific 18 (although you don't get the decals saying this). Very fun to assemble!However, the assembly book is different from a Lego assembly book as it is not as "step-by-step" as the Lego book can be. You will have to do a lot of "look, compare, assemble" with this set.But don't let this put you off! It is still easy to do!