RC Thomas Freight Car Modfication

I did the exact same thing! However, my RC/Flip Face Thomas had stopped working since I once sprayed it all gold (no dissasembly) and repainted it several times, and it looks horrible now. Since it no longer worked, I cut the van off and replaced its connector with the hook coupling from my Emily tender, and now it can be used for anything (my Emily is now joined to her tender using a standard eye coupling). I just need to try and repaint it again since it looks a bit shoddy now.