WOW!!! What an amazing model!! I've tried it myself but ended up back in the bucket of Lego. Any possibilities of instructions that one can buy from you?

excellent shape, lovely attention to detail.

They are very cool!

Thanks for the comments, and no I'm not a lego employee, but if you know anyone who is could you put in a good word for me!!! hehe

one time i tryd to make one of those i did pritty good, but i didint do as good as you!!!! p.s are you one of those gys that designs lego sets at the lego company?

These are beautiful. The curved nose of the grey one looks absolutely spot on. Really like the use of the 1x1 slopes around the top of the tender too, really gives it the proper shape. Great job, 5 star!

Very chuffed at your comments. Thank you.

I have been searching for these trains for years: no one else i have seen has managed to do a decent A4, but you have managed it in spades! Hats off to you sir

First of all, thanks for the comments. As for building tips, study every little detail of the subject you want to build, as sometimes a tiny bit of good detailing can make an average model look good. Also take the time to work on each section of a model to get it just right, take more than 1 attempt, and try building a section a completely different way to see which way looks the best. It may be expensive but try to have as much lego at your disposal as possible as you may not even end up using the parts you thought you would in the first place. These A4 steam trains are the first models I have build using modified lego parts eg. on the side skirts I have had to trim down a 3 x 12 wedge plate on each side to make it a 2 x 12 wedge plate, some people may frown upon doing that, and I used to be one, but I couldn't get the desired effect with any other part. So what I'm saying is, if you wish, you could also try modifying the occasional part to enhance your models. Anyway hope to see some of your cracking steam engines on here in the near future.

Awesome! i love those curved noses

o...m...g that is truly amazing im rubbish at steam engines can you give me any tips

There are a lot of boring train builds out there. This is not one of them. Truly amazing. The detail, nerdiness, playability level is excellent. By the way good call on the nose, the new one is better.

nice amount of detail

Wow! Those are some massive engines, Dude! Great details, too.