Locomotive LK701

20 reviews for Locomotive LK701

1. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   Richard St Clair – October 16, 2020

   I just finished assembling this locomotive and as others have noted it did not run when I finished it. I carefully (?) disassembled it. One of the first problems I noted was the lack of lateral support in the main frame I cut a couple of stiffeners out of plastic super glued them in place. This helped with getting the gearing to stay in the right positions to mesh correctly. The yellow rings work fairly well to hold the gears in the where they need to be. I had a little bit of a problem with the gear that runs the smoke stack, but I was finally able get them to mesh correctly. The biggest problem I had was with the driver wheels. The main problem, in my opinion is that the axles are to small in diameter. There is no way it get the wheels to set straight on the axles. If the wheels are not straight on the axle the drive mechanism will hang up and not drive the wheels. Another problems I noticed was the way wheels are assembled. The pins that hold the inner wheel to the outer wheel have a nub on them that creates a space between the inner and outer wheels. This the pieces to warp and contribute to the binding problems. I sanded off the nubs and that allowed the two pieces to fit together tightly. After some trial and error I was able to get the wheels to run true. The solution, in my opinion, is to redesign the wheel assembly by making the axles bigger in diameter and adding a smaller disk to fit tightly on the axle behind the drive wheels this would help the wheels to set at a 90 degree to the axle and run true. this will allow the drive gear to work properly. After all this trial and error I was finally able to get the locomotive to run. This kit was a challenge to assemble and even more so doing it twice.

2. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   C Mares – August 19, 2020

   Bought this train for 85 year old hospice patient. What joy this has brought to that person’s last days. Thank you.

3. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   Tony – July 3, 2020

   Had great fun building this and it looks fantastic.
   Sadly, on trying to wind it up for the third time, I found the key had stripped its thread meaning I can no longer wind it up.
   Would have given it 5 stars otherwise.

4. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   Nicole Vandecasteele – May 21, 2020

   Spent 6.5 hours building this with my 16 year old son as a project for his school. We followed all the steps, were very careful and didn’t break any pieces. Finished project looks great, sadly it won’t move. Afraid to disassemble it out of fear of breaking parts. It was great bonding time. Not sure we would buy the mechanical kits again if they don’t work after spending the time to build them

5. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Nolan – March 26, 2020

   Loved this kit took me around five hours to complete and build went very smoothly. All parts came. Does require a keen sense of detail, a steady hand, and a good eye for the small parts but that’s what you’re signing up for at this difficulty I imagine. Works very well and is very pretty as well. I wish you guys had more projects of this caliber.

6. 

   Rated 3 out of 5

   Prashant Agarwal – March 23, 2020

   It took me one complete day to assemble the same as most of the parts are very detailed and minute. My box contained all the necessary peripherals like manual, wax, fillers, shafts , etc. Some parts were delicate and did break while in assembly and thus i had to superglue it. The gears are fine but the complete assembly is not as imagined. Even after following all instructions properly, the piece is not moving. I strongly suspect that its due to the the spring mechanism. The irony is that if it doesn’t work, the problem cannot be solved without dismantling the piece considerably and in that case the possibility of breakage is also high. Its thus landing as it is and is now serving a purpose of a show piece rather than a working model