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I have seen Blue and White plain tankers before so have assumed some did leave the factory without labels.

zBret wrote:

motorman wrote:I would like a base shot please especially the rivets. I inadvertently bought a code 3 Aral Tanker a few years ago (under the influence of drink truth be told) so it would be interesting to establish if the body colour is genuine or a repaint like my drunk purchase turned out to be!!

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zBret

I couldn't have made it any clearer myself!

The ARAL sticker on the back reminds me of the plastic H0-gauge Kibri kit-sets?

I think the clue here lies in the use of decals on a Superfast model. To me, that effectively rules out a factory origin.
The suggestion that it may have left the factory without labels is an interesting one, since I have never understood why the BP-liveried 25c and (possibly) 32c Tankers rather than the Aral versions were exported to the DDR.

I need a couple of bottles of beers to understand that zBret
Gary

Idris wrote: The suggestion that it may have left the factory without labels is an interesting one, since I have never understood why the BP-liveried 25c and (possibly) 32c Tankers rather than the Aral versions were exported to the DDR.

The GDR had neither BP nor Aral petrol stations, so it was logical that they got the normal standard worldwide issues - just occasionally with no decoration applied.

The Aral issues were specifically made for the West German and Austrian markets, where the Aral petrol brand was well-known. (Nowadays there are no Aral stations in Austria anymore, as back in 2003 the ones which had existed until then were all re-branded BP.)

ChFalkensteiner wrote:

Idris wrote: The suggestion that it may have left the factory without labels is an interesting one, since I have never understood why the BP-liveried 25c and (possibly) 32c Tankers rather than the Aral versions were exported to the DDR.

The GDR had neither BP nor Aral petrol stations, so it was logical that they got the normal standard worldwide issues - just occasionally with no decoration applied.

The Aral issues were specifically made for the West German and Austrian markets, where the Aral petrol brand was well-known. (Nowadays there are no Aral stations in Austria anymore, as back in 2003 the ones which had existed until then were all re-branded BP.)

My thinking was that the East Germans would have known at least something of West Germany. As such, they would more readily have identified with Aral than with BP.