Best Ugears mechanical 3d models of 2018-2019

My wonderful lady bought the Steam Locomotive for her uncle’s 60th birthday. I fell in love with it! It was all I could do to not claim it for myself. So she bought one for me for Christmas. I had so much fun building it. It runs so well. I need more track. Ugears should also produce “curved” track. I had no problems with toothpicks, as reported by “Adam,” but I did break some of them during assembly, (thanks for the extras). I had a delightful time building it. Thank you so much!

This is the second VM-02 I’ve built. I had some problems with the first build and UGears customer service came to the rescue with a new kit. The kit went together very smoothly and works great. This is the fifth UGears model I’ve built and all the kits have been amazing. I recommend sanding every piece and using wax liberally. The pieces are fairly small and the fits generally are tight (as they need to be) and sanding and waxing really helps the pieces go together. Sanding and waxing also insures that the model will run smoothly when the model is complete. Thank you to UGears for their great customer support. I look forward to my next build.

This is my first UGears model and I am totally impressed. First I got it in 2 days! I wasn’t sure what to expect when the Paypal payment went to something with Ukraine in the name. I thought well it might take a while to get. I didn’t get a shipping notification after two days.. but there it was. The kit itself is super high quality. I am so impressed with the fit of the parts and quality of the wood. I really just started to put it together, but the intricate design for a wood model is incredible.. especially for the price. I’ll be getting more of these.

My twelve year old daughter and I put this together today, with her doing most of the work. Despite being careful, a couple of pieces broke, but, luckily, they weren’t in any moving parts (we just glued them back together with craft glue). It took us a while to get the gears to move smoothly, and we had to dismantle it once because one of the rods had slipped out, but now it seems to be functioning fine.

My daughter was able to easily follow the directions; she just needed an extra set of hands at a couple of points, as well as some extra finger strength to pop pieces in.

It was a good snow day project, and now she wants to get the lock box to try.

I rarely write product reviews, but in this instance I feel compelled to do so. As a woodworker, retired mechanical engineer and as an owner of a desktop laser cutter/engraver I feel that I am somewhat qualified to comment on your products.

I recently purchased and assembled your U-9 Grand Prix Car model. I was extremely impressed with this kit. The design of the model is absolutely ingenious. Assembly progresses from a flat pack of laser cut plywood, toothpicks and rubber bands to a beautiful work of art. I was amazed that the model included a functional engine with reciprocating valves and pistons, a transmission with forward-neutral-reverse, front end steering and suspension, and a rubber band driven, wind-up drive train.

The materials, the laser cutting and engraving, and the fit of the components were all superior. I found the pictorial assembly instructions to be quite good and the QR link to a video for a more complicated section was helpful.

I would give this model 5 out of 5 stars. My only regret is that the building is now over. Thankfully you have many more models that I can collect.