deciding that I would like my EM-1 to look a bit different from others I broke out the masking tape and a rattle can of oxide red and went to town,No didn't get to carried away just enough to be able to tell mine from the other fellers... ;D
Some very light weathering will come next.
(http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm50/lkemling/ASOF1-28-20129.jpg)
Very nice, GN.
To help your red roof story:
Many times on the B&O, locomotives would go in to the shop for maintenance/repair. One of the first steps was to sand down the cab roof and/or the tender top. They were given a coat of red lead to stop/prevent rust/corrosion of these areas.
Every once-in-a-blue moon, a locomotive was called back into service before the painters could get a chance to paint black over the red lead. Hence, there are some rare photographs of B&O locomotives with red rooves. A red roof was not a regular practice on the B&O, but occasionally one would get caught with its pants down, as it were. :)
Call it a bit of B&O folklore.
I seemed to be obsessed with putting red rooves on my 0-6-0 D-30s. Just can't help it.
I think it looks great. Thanks for sharing your work. Made my day.
Regards,
Jonathan