Iain AshmanMake This Roman Villa: Usborne cut-out models

fab - just what we needed for a school Roman project.Enjoyed building with my daughter. Alignments marks not perfectly positioned, but with my daughter doing the gluing, didn't matter.Very impressive when completed.Top tip - glue the base on to a piece of 5mm hardboard (or ply or similar chunk of wood). Makes it sturdy and lot easier to move around, and the base bends less when moving so buildings are less likely to "pop off".

It was a good product generally. The major problem were the instructions - not so great in comparison to the others in the set. It would show the bit you're making opposite so you have to be careful. Note one thing: everything which has orange on it WILL be covered and won't be visible in the final model. This is very important. A good product. I'd give a 5 star review if the instructions were clearerEdit: new problem, the base and everything dont match well. Where the orange is the walls may not fit on properly. Decreasing to 2 stars after this huge fault

I bought this for a school "Family Project". I just didn't fancy making something out of cornflakes boxes and painting it.This is a fabulous kit. It looks great. It's very nicely painted and relatively easy to build. It's a nice size, too.Make sure you have some good scissors. You will need something to score along the corners, too. I used a craft knife but something slightly blunter would have been fine.I stuck the base to some stiffer cardboard (Amazon box!) to make it more portable.I enjoyed it so much, I'm looking for an excuse to build te other ones in the series now!

Bought this for sons holiday homework project what he has done so far is great one problem though it's not until half way through he noticed half the needed pages were gone but were replaced with duplicate ones. A bit late to return as half the book is cut up so needing to order another one...we hope this one will contain all the needed pages. Other than that excellent quality paper...instructions could be clearerWould give 5 stars if all pages were there

This was a fantastic idea for my sons year 4 roman villa project. Spent about 8hrs over 3 days but very happy with the finished product. As with other reviews a stong cardboard base is essential to maintain structural integrity for transport. Will definitly use similar usborne products for future projects

Bought this for my daughters Roman project she was doing at school. Took a few days to make .....lots of cutting and glueing but end result was fab. Cut a cardboard box up to make a solid base to transport it into School. Was fun to make ....some bits are a little bit tricky to fold but worth all the fidgeting in the end. Daughter was really proud of the finished product!!

Fantastic resource to craft school projects with.

Arrived on time in good condition. 9 year old built by himself and was quite for hour,he used it for school project on Romans.Teachers and whole school loved it.Great value and recommend to kids and adults.