UGears Mini Locomotive Mechanical Model Kit Brown 176 pc

Ugears has designed some beautiful and challenging train models over the years, including the Locomotive, V Express Steam Train with Tender, and Hogwarts Express. With the Mini Locomotive, we bring you a simple, Easy-rated DIY train model that anyone can build, including junior train enthusiasts. This rubber band-powered wooden train (locomotive plus tender) model has a surprising get-up-and-go in such a compact body and can travel over 2m on a single winding. Sleek, retro styling harkens back to the 1930s -the last decade when coal-fired steam locomotives held prominence. The locomotive features a wind-up ratchet key, a "Start/Stop" switch for easy operation, and three main paired wheels with connecting rods, to send the train speeding away along any flat surface. The locomotive couples with an open coal tender that can be used to carry a favorite toy, snack, or note to a loved one across the room. To operate your DIY mechanical wooden train model, set the On/Off switch on the top front of the train to the Off position, give 6-7 turns of the ratchet dial on the side of the locomotive, place your train on the floor or a table while holding it with your hand, then flip the switch to On and release. Rotational power is transmitted to the wheels through a gear block, while a flywheel slows and evens the acceleration of the train. The train's rubber band motor can be wound again and again, and if you ever need to replace the rubber bands this can be done easily by spooling out the line to which they are attached, using the ratchet key. One of the great things about Ugears models is they can be built without glue or special tools. Everything you need for assembly comes right in the box. Just punch the laser pre-cut pieces out of their composite wood boards and snap them together. Made from art-quality composite wood, Ugears models can be left in their attractive natural wood state, or colored, stained, or painted in a color scheme of your choosing (paints not included).