Steam Tractor

My 7-8yr grandson and I built this - 5 months of weekly sessions! He did most of the assembly & learned a lot about workshop practice and tool use, but my supervision was essential. Fantastic project - and we've now moved on to the pendulum clock. Brilliantly designed. The gears (fwd/reverse, high/low speed & neutral) really do work. And the batteries can be changed. I mounted it on a base board, stained black. Used magnets to keep it from slipping off the stand, and glued the lamp & bench in place. Tips: have a selection of pliers & tweezers to hand. A light hammer is also useful. Pieces occasionally break during assembly, and we used a drop of superglue & a squirt of activator - works every time. Also used it to "firm up" key joints. A real achievement - he'll be proud of it for a lifetime. Thanks ROKR!

Great model. Gears work very well with fast and slow speed as well as forward and reverse. Instructions very good though I found the plastic tweezers useless, they easily bend, so I used my own. Maybe you will hate it, but I used pens to add extra colour. The pen style is in the picture, one end is a brush the other a small diameter point pen. I liked enhancing the edges of pieces with the colour of the piece, red or black. The black being the most affective. Black was also good at masking the end of tabs that pushed into a black surface. Colouring the pieces before building is easier, but in-situ colouring can work. As you can see, I have changed a lot of the colours, particularly to make parts roughly the colour they would be on a real traction engine, particularly brass items. The only problem if you want to put multiple colours on one piece the ink tends to “bleed” from one colour into another as the ink follows the grain of the wood. Letting the colour dry before adding another colour helps.

Enjoyed making the model a very good build and looks great.

I have marked this model down because but the model tends to fall apart as you try to construct it. I used super clue very sparingly after being certain that I had understood the instructions correctly for that stage, and that all the was in the right place. There are many fiddley parts but the end result was worth it. In conclusion, it is a well designed model and looks great when finished.

excellent build, a bit tricky in places but lots of fun,

It came well packed. Nice clear instructions. it's taking a bit longer than i anticipated, but loving it. Some bits break easily, but with a clear strong glue and steady hands, all is ok ! One of the better models !, .

My review title says it all. The quality of the product is superb though you do have to be careful in places. The instructions are very clear and warn you when you come to tricky bits, e.g. where to put pressure when fitting parts together (very helpful). I have done several ROKR models now and they have been excellent.

This is my 2nd Rokr and found it a little fiddly once or twice I ended up wrong, but after looking at a youtube vid they went wrong same as me. Check and double check and you'll be rewarded. I felt the fire door on the foot plate didn't allow the 'flame effect' to come through much even with a led bead right behind. I stopped using candle wax as it congeals so I opted for the wax lubricant which can be brushed on and stays the same.

Es una maqueta muy bonita, difícil de montar comparada con los productors parecidos. El efecte de luz y movimiento es encantador

Visa delar går lätt i sönder så det är svårt eller nästan omöjlig att bygga

Super maquette. Les pièces sont bien découper mais demande beaucoup de délicatesse et minutie au découpage ainsi que de la patience au montage,ravimais le résultat est ravissant 👏

Molto bello… alla fine vederlo funzionare è stato proprio una soddisfazione.

reçu dans les temps ,emballage correcte. Très bon article a recommander a tout amateur .