Paint Sample Card, 581B to 603B:

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Paint Sample Card, 581B to 603B:
581B - 1720/1721 Band of the Royal Scots Greys Kettle Drum [listed as Bass Drum in the factory records]
582B - 1720/1721 Band of the Royal Scots Greys Clarinet
583B - 1721 Band of the Royal Scots Greys Euphonium
584B - 1730 Royal Artillery Gunner, Khaki, Steel Helmet, Standing with Shell
585B - 1730 Royal Artillery Gunner, Khaki, Steel Helmet, Kneeling with Shell
587B - 1758 R.A.F Firefighter in Asbestos Suit
588B - 1759 Khaki Stretcher
589B - 1759 ARP Man with Detector Stick [issued only in this set between 1939-1941]
591B - 1554 Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Private on Foot, Summer Dress
592B - 1791 Royal Corps of Signals Dispatch Rider [listed in records as 'New Type Cycle']
593B - 1792 Motor Cycle Policeman [listed in records as 'New Type Cycle']
595B - 225 King's African Rifles Private, Marching at the Slope
596B - 154 Prussian Infantryman, Slant Base at the Slope [listed in the factory records as a 'reduced painting of 127B']
597B - 150 North American Indian Chief [listed in the factory records as a 'reduced painting of 22B']
598B - 312 Grenadier Guards Winter Dress at the Slope [described in factory records as a 'reduced painting of 117B']
599B - 184 Cowboy on Foot with Pistol, three examples, colour variants [described in factory records as 'reduced painting of 55B']
600B - 141 French Foreign Legion Infantryman [described in factory records as 'reduced painting of 72B']
601B - 74 Fusilier (Blue Facings) at the Slope [described in factory records as 'reduced painting of 26B']
602B - 15 Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Charging [described in factory records as 'reduced painting of 122B]
603B - 216 Togoland Warriors, three examples, colour variants [described in factory records as 'reduced painting of 85B]

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Reduced painting as described in the factory records, refers to first grade paint figures finished in a more basic paint style than first grade paint. But, superior in finish to second grade paint. All examples on this card come from sets in first grade series.

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