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#21
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And they did.
A long-standing American tradition ;)
#22

Decide to do a presidential looking Abe. I think thats when all the mud slinging began :wink:

(http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/rkapuaala/Figures/lincolncp.jpg)

#23

It’s amazing what a coat and tie can do for a man. :wink:

Looks good. Now I might have to get one of each. Say, doesn’t he need a stovepipe hat?

#24

Workin on it Bruce :slight_smile: Know anywhere I can find some good quality pics of one? All the ones that show him wearing one look fuzzy and I can’t make out the detail.

#25

Try this. It’s Abe’s hat.

(http://www.lscdata.com/users/squeeky/_forumfiles/p308428-Manchester_VT-Abraham_Lincolns_stove_pipe_hat.jpg)

#26

Thanks Warren, is it perfectly round? Or is it oval shapped?

#27

Round.

#28

Thanks again. Thats one thing that most photos don’t reveal.

#29

Yep - round. Called a stovepipe hat.

#30

Or smokestack hat. :smiley:

Richard, if you were to produce some figures in the 1:29 - 1:32 range, I’ll bet that you could corner a huge market!

#31

Thanks Steve, but I don’t have the eyes or the hands to work that small. I’ve tried and I can’t get the detail.

#32

I skip a lot of detail at 1:29. A line scribed through the eye-socket and tiny dab of paint serves for an eye. I put the eye color first, then paint eyelids over most of it.