here are some cutoms i wanted to show

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