Friday, April 19, 2019

Dimples-the-doll vs. dog

This is 'Dimples. A composition doll who had a bad encounter with a dog.
She is missing half an arm and parts of both legs.















She has had work done before.
Her head and arms have been repainted. Her cloth body, stuffing and legs are new. I am not even sure her arms are original to her....they look rather small.















Here you can see the difference between old and new composition. The arm dates from the 1930's or so and has the typical look inside of pressed sawdust/woodchips.
The leg is modern composition. Modern composition has a very homogeneous texture and looks grey....it does not look like a wood product.











Dimples has some eyelashes that have come out too.....

















Seeing as Dimples has very few original body parts, might a body transplant be her best option?
Here she is modelling a cloth body with composition limbs that is of the same vintage as her head. The limbs need repainting and the cloth needs refreshing but this body will suit her very nicely once it gets 'refreshed'.












Whoever restored Dimples before put her presumably original voicebox inside the new cloth body. It no longer makes sounds but maybe I can fix that.....

















Dimples is now modeling her new eyelashes.
She has had some dental work too as her teeth and tongue were loose.

It also appears Dimples has been photo-bombed by a curious donkey?








It has been a long haul but finally Dimples' renovated limbs are ready.
Her limbs needed stripping, priming , painting and sealing......multiple layers, many of which are weather dependent if you do not own a workshop with a good ventilation system.

This is all of her parts that will get assembled shortly.






Well, here is Dimples with her 'new' body.
She has antique limbs repainted to match her head.
Her cloth body has been refreshed to fit her 'new' limbs. Her stuffing is the same stuffing she arrived with. And, now her crier works.









At least she looks like a doll that has not been dog-mauled.
She will return home like this.

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