Barbara Ann Scott doll

This doll was made by Reliable and depicts Barbara Ann Scott who was the 1948 figure skating gold medalist.

At first glance she doesn't look too bad?

Her outfit is original but the dress is quite faded.

She has a deep crack near her right eye and a couple smaller cracks in her chin. Much of the skim composition in the facial area has bubbled off of the base composition.

The paint on her limbs is faded, crazed and flaking in some areas.

Interestingly, her torso never had a skim composition layer. The factory skipped that step and sprayed paint directly on the base composition.

Barbara Ann has arrived with a request to get her composition totally restored and have a new, replica outfit made.

So, off we go.....

First, the crazed paint and lifting compo gets removed.

Here is what is left of Barbara Ann's face once the lifting layers were removed.

And here is her face filled, recontoured, sanded and primed.

Barbara Ann dolls have rather muted eyebrows and eyelashes.

They have brown eyelashes instead of the typical black. Multistroke eyebrows instead of a single stroke.

So that gets all duplicated on this doll's features.

On to hair and wardrobe next.....

New replica outfit. Her original outfit will be saved.

Original wig and skates....freshened up.