Led Canton Tower Model DIY Electronic Kit, LED Cube Model Handmade Soldering Project Kit, 12 LED Circles, Height 38cm. (GZT-12 KIT)

A little time consuming, but a great light display!

This kit was complete with extra LEDs. A pre-soldered board made it easier. This is challenging since it’s a smaller version and those tight solder conditions did cause some LEDs to fail for me due to excess heat. I think they may expect some operator error as the kit had extra LEDs. It was challenging getting the completed tower onto the circuit board but once done and fully connected it’s rewarding to see it light up as expected. This is not necessarily a kit for beginners. Take your time, test the LEDs after each step to correct any mistakes before final assembly.

We bought this last September for my daughter to make for her 4H electronics project.When she started working on it, she got frustrated many times because the instructions are completely insufficient. Entire steps are left out and some are just "do this" but this is a multi-step process that has to be done in the correct order to avoid making later steps incredibly difficult.Also, the instructions at one point say to connect the white wires...but there were no white wires in the kit. The wire needed is very small (24 gauge or smaller) and isn't easy to find locally.The board is so poorly made that two of the printed wires on the underside of the board came off when we were heating the top to get the LED leads soldered in. That is not an easy thing to fix.The finished tower is nice, the lights are bright, the built-in patterns are cool, and the audio mode works. But it's such a hassle dealing with the bad instructions and missing parts that it's really not worth the money.In case anyone is thinking I'm just an average Joe who doesn't know about electronics and is complaining about something that is standard in the industry, I'm a former professor of physics and have taught classes where the students built a working multimeter from a bare breadboard. I know about electronics and how the documentation for a build like this should be put together.

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Was a little time consuming. Fun project. Not for someone who is new to soldering or doesn't have but very minimal experience soldering.

First one had a bad board out of the box. I exchanged it for a new one and it seems to work. I lost interest in the project while waiting for the replacement so now it sits half built. If it wasn't for the bad board I'd say it's good quality and easy to build. Writing this review makes me want to finish it since I'm 3/4 of the way there. Will update with pictures when completed

a lot of soldering has to be done

The media could not be loaded. If you know how to solderedIt’s very easy to put it all togetherI was teaching my kid how to solderHe did 90% of the project and he was happyBecause he did himselfThis is the purpose of the project to learn to solder and lear to make mistakes to lear and do better