Painted now . . .
Here is is at around 5AM this morning in primer, after drying and hardening 24 hours. Locos always look so good and detailed when in primer. It is somewhat the same effect as the pilot (unpainted) locos Lionel sells: the grey shade brings out all the details. Quite a nice effect.
Here it is now, painted flat black, still a bit shiny because the paint is still a tad wet. it will sit right there for at least a day before I do any more work on it.