The UGears Tram on Rails kit is made of sustainably sourced high-grade wood and has everything you might need for assembly. The pieces are laser cut out of plywood boards and have to be popped out and assembled to create the model.
The model is propelled by a rubber band engine (tram mode) or can be pulled by gravity (funicular mode) when one end of the rails are tilted up with a special lever. Levers on both ends of the rail can be used to elevate the model above the ground, creating a bridge.
The Tram’s pantograph functions as a lever which pushes out the wind-up wheel of the rubber band engine. There’s also a start lever, direction shifter, a brake lever, and even an emergency exit on the roof. And as usual, as in most UGears models, there’s a storage space for something special for a person on the other end of the route!
Like all other UGears kits, the Tram on Rails comes with step-by-step, full-color, truly easy to follow instructions in 11 languages (English, German, Ukrainian, French, Polish, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, Italian, Chinese and Korean) and requires neither glue nor special tools to be fully assembled into a functional mode of transportation.
154 pieces. Tram size: 6.2 x 2.9 x 5.4 inches. Rail size: 30.2 x 2.1 x 2.8 inches. Assembly time: ~5 hours. Recommended age: 14+
Ideal Christmas, birthday, or holiday gift for an engineer, hobbyist, or craftsperson. Great for a STEAM related gift too!