Looking for your opinion

[jglfan]

Hey, your dream is 3 black units, go for it. Black is a tough color to paint and not lose detail, but I've seen it done. I am not much of a painter but I'll ask a painter I know. I believe part of it is to use a paint such as loco black or grimy black rather than straight black. Also, weathering will pop out the details, drybrush white on the raised details. Wayne should be able to help you with this.

Here are a couple pics of a black steam loco, the closeup shows how well the details show, the other shows the loco is indeed black, not grey!