Bruce Smith wrote:

On top of that, the version produced by F&C appears to mimic the mistake
made by the previous NWSL brass J&L 20,000 gallon tanks... that silver
with black lettering paint job. More than likely, it is a "builder's
paint job" done to highlight the details. The few pictures of operational
J&L tanks in this series appear to show black cars with white lettering
<G>. A paint job that make a lot more sense for its lading of coal tar.
I don't know if the model comes with those decals as well, but so far I
have seen no evidence of it.

Aw, heck, Bruce, can't you just put the decals into Photoshop and invert the image?

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