here are some cutoms i wanted to show

It took me a while to realise that custom coupling was a spring; I thought it was a wire tie like the way I brought separate tenders closer to the cabs. Your method looks better since I kept the hooks while you found a solution for the lack of another peg. I'd like to see how you attached it.



The green looks more like a dark teal and the cream seems more of a yellowish orange. Even just white (like in Season 2) could've been more suitable for them. There's a bit of excess green on the roof of the first coach and the ends should be grey (same shade). Except for the long ones from the Steam Along Thomas, I don't like the use of Annie and Clarabel as Express Coaches because they're too short and don't look sleek enough. If you can't get the real ones or similar coaches, you could use your BoCo as a reference for the shape and length and build them out of cardboard with a truck chassis at each end for bogies (preferrably TrackMaster 2 since they're the shortest). Giving them actual bogies would make them stand out since only the Wooden, Bachmann and Hornby ones have them in merchandise. The only downfall would be that the wheels protrude and may collide with the shells. Optionally, you could've cut some of the windows on one side of each coach to make them wider like in the series. If you'll take the scratch built coach idea, these should be turned into the Old Coaches.



Of all the ones you've shown here, I think this one is the best. She's only missing the white/cream around the windows and the brown trim along the clerestory. Like the Express Coaches, she should also be the same length as BoCo. I would've made the face by tracing with hot melt glue and painting, unlike with most official coaches and trucks (including the Plarail OSC). Much better than the paper face on its own, if you can replicate the features accurately. I noticed you have an ERTL Season 5 fire engine, so I can only predict there would be a remake of "Thomas, Percy and Old Slow Coach" (yet another one) with this in it.