Today I did more work on motor merchants. The gray-hulled ship is inspired by vessels from the Silver Line. This company tended to use more modern ships than most other UK shippers.
I will make [another] effort to resolve the reflection issue in the days ahead...
EDIT - photos of model M28B temporarily removed 12/19/08
You can type "Silver" in the Merchants section at Uboat.net to get an idea of what this company's ships looked like before they were camoflaged. Like many WWII-era merchants with light-colored hulls, they tended to suffer badly from rust:
