Vintage Courtyard

This was SO fun to put together. I say this now but I do recall my husband saying "I thought these were supposed to be relaxing", as I swore like a trucker for the 100th time after dropping some tiny piece I was trying to construct. There are some very frustrating pieces like the tea pot that are truly a challenge because they are so tiny. I do not recall if there was glue provided, I always use superglue and clear Elmers for the minis I have made. I do not know how one would make some of the tiny things without superglue. I found the directions easy to follow and the pieces were easy to pop apart or cut, no missing pieces. I will warn you to pay particular attention to how the lighting is to run, I messed up a few things and had to splice the wires together and the back of the house is a mess. No one would know but me and everything works. All in all this is absolutely adorable and fun to make. I love it!!

A true DIY project. It’s very well made and I’m looking forward to getting creative. This isn’t those silly nobs stuck in holes pieces. You need patience, creativity and love a challenge to do these miniatures because you are literally making Everything, from couches to food on the tables you just made. You’ll need to provide your own glue, good tweezers, scissors and batteries. These rarely if ever come with all that. Great piece, better than expected.

10/10 would build again. It came out really cute! Had to create a new bridge bc my cat destroyed the original but there was enough materials left over. It took about a week to put together. Instructions are good at the beginning and then get a little sparse, and I was missing a piece or two but was able to make do. Overall a really fun project!!

I loved doing this house! Probably my favorite one I’ve done out of about 8. Easy to read instructions and they give you everything you need, other than you of course need your own favorite tools and favorite glues. It turned out beautiful and people are really amazed by it :)

I am looking forward to finishing this some day. The amount of pieces and detail is amazing! The first few steps have turned out well, the instructions take a bit of figuring because the translation is a little skewed but it has a lot of photos to help.

Do not order from Goduqi, the instruction manual is not real good. The wooden pieces come already apart in a bag. It makes it very difficult to locate the pieces, they are not marked with the piece numbers, you have to go to the pattern sheet to compare the piece you want, which takes a lot of time. Sorry I can not recommend this company Also being the parts being painted or what ever is on them, the glue does not work as well.I just returned this item, when I got to the stairs, one of the stair risers was missing.

I love building miniatures and this kit was so much fun to do! It was easy to build with quality material and it turned out Gorgeous! Yes, these kits take a lot of patience and you are working with tiny objects but it is so rewarding and I’m retired so I don’t care how long it takes to build.

Most importantly, this kit does not come with any glue, which is not mentioned in the description or on the box. But it says it requires Alcohol glue and wood glue. There is nothing worse than getting a kit that’s supposed to be able to be built into what it shows with no way of building it. The kit is super cute. The instructions and format is very difficult and oddly setup but since I was able to figure it out with mild delay, they must make some sense. A kid wouldn’t be able to understand this though. It is extremely tedious and time consuming. We just spent 5 hours making a coffee cabinet with a treat display case, coffee pot, coffee press and etc on it, 3 tables, 2 chairs, 2 stools and much coffee cups and plates of food. We have another maybe 20 hours to go still on building this. My 12 year old is capable of all the skills required so far to build this but she needed constant help, a working buddy, to complete it. This isn’t a leave her to it and just help when she gets stuck, thing. You can’t walk away at all because the entire kit is very complex. You cut up paper, magazine (glossy) paper, various fabrics and use wooden pieces, wire or beads to make most of it. It will definitely be cute when it’s done but it’s also a gluey mess at the same time for someone new to this kind of thing. I’d get it again if it were just a little bit less time consuming.