I am considering getting one of the new batch of these which are due soon. Do you think the issues you identified have been sorted? Also did you do the painting yourself?
The faults of this kit which you've described in the video-description... is that still a problem today? I've been considering getting one of these in some years time as my very first (and only) live steam kit, and due to the fact that I've never even driven any live steam locomotive before, let alone built one, I'd really like to know if these are really "for the beginner" as they say. (Although it will still take some years until I can afford one of these, being only 18 years old at the time of writing.)