here are some cutoms i wanted to show

[Super]

Nice work T-Real

finished my d199 here it is
first take the claw off

remove the claw and roof with a Dremel then super glue cardboard parts on the holes on the inside fill

and side too

top

I made the diving part with cardboard 

front and made the middle smooth to look different

back

side with cardboard to bump it out

and then did a bit more they are attached with super glue and it was a pain in the rear to do

and the other side

back

painted grey primer

front

side 

back

painted a bit more

side 

side

a look at it

another look

back

front

tape (I put in my arm I did this for the acrylic to not peel off my mom told me this once)

painted blue

and the back

side

paint for the face

painted yellow with a interesting face

removed the paint of the eyes to not repaint 

back with cream

painted windows on the front and side was paint removed

back painted too

a few details added eyebrows are stickers and squares

other side

small name on the sides and painted black some things added too

side to show how it looks

back too

overall I am happy on how it looks and its pretty close to the ertl model but was loose inspiration

[Super]

Fantastic, You did an awesome job T-Real, I love it!

and I looked at my ertl butch I saw that something isn't right and I think I knew why 
ertl.                                                                   the tv series 

           
and so I decided to do a modification 
first remove some sides at the front to make it skinnier (I wear glasses when I do these modifications as to not get things to my eyes)

then I did the base itself 

how I did to make it skinnier I put cut tape as a way to know how to cut it  I later used thin cardboard to the sides and painted black to make it not empty 

with cardboard

here it is being repainted the face and body 

the front 

side

I also modified the sodor mail truck to be more accurate gray roof black around the headlights and red rims 


comparison to how it looked before modifying paint makes a difference

the side

and other side

I also did some modifying to my ertl George I still need to put his name on the boiler part and after that he's done 


other side

all three

butch in a flatbed 

I am quite happy on how they resulted I was really sure on butch and he just looks 10xx better
but yeah

[Super]

I like your ideas and work T-Real ✔👍

I did some more modifications I took Hugo and did some things 
wheel modification 


has a molded 3rd wheel 

not any more

with the donor wheels hank and Harvey coach wheels 

back hole will be filled

eyebrows are big

now theres none

and I also painted the sides and wheels a light blue that's more accurate I also did some new eyebrows 

the side

back has the hole filled so no more coupling

and another angle

new and improved Timothy I took my original one ad added a gold lamp and did the front better 

another angle

back is now better

I also did the wheel modification with some black wheels

timothy's original face and wheels (paper face that's not really good)

I did a bit on the original bottom to take the pins to add to the pin-less chassis the one that's been used at the moment is the diesel 10 one 

I did the red and s c c lettering as he didn't have any 

with other engines

I did Stanleys boiler lining better than before I think he looks better now

other side

last but not least I did the red on boco better I will do the roof at some point 

the back

and with bill and ben 

any criticism is welcomed

[Super]

Nice upgrade mods T-Real 👍

I decided to refurbish my Alice as she is a bluebell primrose and not Stepney so that's what I did 

last front

side

and back the running board only had 1 coat of black paint 

removed the Stepney buffer top thing how I removed them was pliers buffer and then the little part 

back was the same and card added to hide the gap as I removed the sandbox at the back of her as primrose does not have that

same with the top tank things and she does not have that too

and the back filled I secure it with superglue and cardboard at the back

glued buffers and shell in 

back side I also made the back of the motor shorter as to not make a bump 

painted the whole thing grey and then black except the lamps she shouldn't have them but I will keep em just cause 

back 

and side

side

painted the shell and went over a few areas 

back too

and painted the red red to match

the side

back

and now with the silver I also removed her traction tires as they were melted to the model and replaced her side rods with clean white ones and gave a new black wheel as one was blue but painted black after 4 years I removed the wheel and added new rods I also clean the front axel as to look shiny 

shiny axel and not dusty

back

top

bottom

I think I made this model a bit different as I want her to look like bluebell its close enough I will also show a breakdown crane coupling mod later

I did a modification to one of my breakdown cranes and gave it a loop so the hook can go on it better than a hook in the middle and is around the same length as a hook and I made it by taking a broken hook and a loop is a trackmaster 2 one superglue did all the work 

the new loop

and the cranes hook I took out

and in action 

its a bit longer but it works as it doesn't look terrible and thought turns it works 

and on tomy track 

modified nia and the elephant truck 

side

other side 

wheels have been swapped and the base is a Thomas and wheels from a percy conversion I no longer needed the orange isn't close but its better this way

back buffers painted

elephant truck has wheels smooth and not spiked I like it but it looks better now as its flat

bottom

I still have the box I got her as a Christmas present in 2018  

it was originally £21.49 but then it increased and they are £19.99

and the back of the box I like Thomas and ace pack I would get it just for ace 

well Im back this time with buster I got him for a reasonable price of £6.99 and not bad condition I was able to make a new roof as he didn't have one and I the process made him a bit better
no roof

other side

back

I used multiple images of the web to dictate the size and how it should look and made this used a bit of toilet roll for the roof toothpick for the front support 

and the back

I did the little points that stick out with a long toothpick and cut it used dremmel to sand

back sketched the lines

better one

used a soldering machine to do this if you are recreating what I am doing or are inspired please be caustious as the soldering machine is extremely hot and I almost Burnt my finger in 2019 the thumb and it was a pain had to put in a bowl of cold water for 1h or 30 minutes

batter view

all painted with the stickers 

and other view

better angle also painted the front gold as it was black

other view

painting the wheel guard on the front black to have a bit more detail

after drying

now on display on better light and looks good I did a decent job remaking it I was thinking 3d printing but it would be tedious and thus made this 

top

side

back looks excellent 

compared to ertl George he is bigger by a bit but it works 

busters a nice model but he is overpriced and I got him at a reasonable price none the less