COBI 5811 Top Gun Building Blocks, Gray

My partner got me this as my Xmas present and it was a pleasure to build and display. Cobi your amazing 👏

Model looks great and was fairly simple to build, great quality apart from one brick being faulty, hence the 4 stars, but Cobi have been quick to solve this and have sent out a replacement to add to the model. I managed to finish without it but will add it in once it arrives.

Beautiful model, my 8 year old is a fan of cobi tanks but this is our first aircraft and we want more! The finished model has a real likeness to the actual aircraft and can be mistaken for a plastic kit rather than brick built model. It’s a good size too. The quality of the kit is par with Legoand the details like adjustable wing sweep and moving wing surfaces make it fun too. Trouble is I don’t want him to play with it!Only some minor niggles are that the stand is a bit wobbly with the weight of the model, the nose cone comes off a bit too easily, and I wish the wing sweep mechanism connected them both together rather than individually. My son wanted the nose gear to be retractable. All in all a really nice model which impressed us greatly.

This set comes in two large bags numbered 1 and 2. The first bag is stage 1. This entails building the inner structure, foundation of the aircraft upon which all other pieces/builds would fit. During this build, all the bricks/pieces fit well and tight.Bag 2 is stage 2. This covers the pilots, cockpit, all the wings, wheels, missiles, it's the rounding off/final stages. This stage is challenging, temperamental, fragile. Whilst building a specific section, if not careful, another area/section already build, just drops off, comes loose. The bricks/pieces dont fit tight together and one could spend more time re-attaching pieces already done because they just fall off. At times, building this final stage, bag 2 could be very frustrating.In conclusion: Once completed, the F14 A Tomcat looks impressive and stunning. To get there requires patience, endurance, self control. It's just a pity that designers did not make more effort/better planning for the bricks/pieces in stage 2, bag 2 to fit better and tighter.There a 4 star rating.

Really good fun to build, rivalled other better known brands - looking forward to next kit

Considering it’s not Lego , it’s still feels and looks like it , detailing is great , very impressed with this product, if you love top gun you will love this plane

A huge aviation lover with an interest in fighter jets in particular. I love the idea of building my collection with a few "less realistic" models and these fit the bill. They have a great block athstetic but still capture the beauty of the aircraft.This is my 3rd build and I intend to add more.

I didn’t like how it was fragile I tried to build it twice and got it wrong but got help and succeeded but overall good