Julvo21003 Space Cruiser Model, A New Hope Spaceship Building Blocks for Tantive IV, UCS Spacecraft Collectible Building Set for Adults (2905 Pieces)

Despite the bad online reviews, I have kit-bashed this model with genuine lego pieces and it goes very well. Compatable with other brands too. I am a sci-fi lego creator and I am quite impressed by this kit.TIP: Some parts can be replaced with 4x16 plates instead of doing the kit way to add strength to the centre sections of the ship. The rear is heavy, but all-in-all an excellent piece of kit. I would recommend.

It looks great and is reasonably easy to construct however certain intricate parts area hard to put together and will not stay in place. May have to resort to supper glue to finish it off that’s if I don’t throw it through the window. I will not be beaten.

This kit is the biggest bag of crap I’ve ever bought. I would never ever ever recommend anybody to buy one. That’s all I’ve got to say on it apart from the Lego brick don’t stick together properly. The instructions don’t give you a proper view of where you put your stuff so it takes you at least half an hour to decipher where the bloody pieces go anyway all in all it is an absolute bag of poo

I've enjoyed putting together complicated building block kits for a long time, so I have plenty of experience when it comes to this type of build. However, the most infuriating thing to come out of this project, was that it was missing a lot of parts, and very key parts at that, which is surprising as there was absolutely no more room in the box for anything else! I'm fortunate that I have quite a supply of parts for other projects, and I was able to replace many, but I still ended up having to buy some extra pieces, this really isn't on when I've spent £130+ on the kit already and halfway into the build. The instructions aren't bad, but the manufacturer has seriously cut back on the parts list from the original design this model is based on, and many of them structural, so it can have the habit of sagging or not holding together in certain places. I knew this to be the case, so I went down the route of using the original designers instructions and thankfully having the extra parts needed to do this. Saying that, as this was originally a MOC design, there were some design flaws in those instructions too, but anybody with experience should have no issues understanding and correcting those. That all said, with only the last bits of the engines left to complete, the model looks great and will look fantastic displayed alongside other Star Wars themed kits. I can't honestly say it's something for the kids to play with, as it won't hold up to an excessive amount of handling and weighs about 3 or 4kgs, so no swooshing with this one I'm afraid. In conclusion though, while it looks awesome and the brick quality is very good, it's let down by the redesign of the manufacturer and the excessive amount of missing pieces, and while it may be massively cheaper than sourcing and buying the same parts in Lego, be prepared to have parts missing and to be purchasing others to fill those gaps if you are deep into the project as I was. I really only feel comfortable giving this a maximum of two stars, purely for its looks alone.

Advanced level building. Do not follow the instruction to the dot. Build the "drive section" - rear of model - without the rocket motors (cylindrical things) and the covers first. Put the rocket motors and covers aside. They put load on the initially weak structure and you won't like it. Once you get to front section, the rear will become much more rigid and you can put these pieces on afterwards. I produced the bare bone model to the point where it could sit in the transparent support beams. Then I added all the outside cladding and "guns", the cover and the "motors" on the rear. Yes, looks good. Probably build for zero gravity, but not meant to ever exist on the surface of a planet. Still a nice set. Good parts and no stickers. In my estimation good value for money. Use brains and patience to build. Just my 5 cents....

I really enjoyed building this set - and the final look is impressive for the money.

An absolute nightmare to build, not only that missing quite a few pieces, so it just looks shoddy, could be better. Just falls to bits as soon as you apply pressure, I've probably spent about 5 hours just putting pieces back on that keep falling off.

Peace of junk won't stay together and big design fault in middle as shown by the pics it's all in the right place but just doesn't match the instructions can't move it either just won't work