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Not expecting miracles with Sailor Brown
« on: Saturday 30 January 10 14:00 GMT (UK) »
I am sorry for suggesting this "Mission Impossible"! This gentleman is only known in the family as "Sailor Brown" He appears to be a Tintype which has sufferred very badly over the years. I would like to find out a bit more about him but I think the first thing to do is to try to clean him up a little. I am not very computer minded and scanning him has proved to be an ordeal in itself but if you can suggest anything that would make your task easer I will try to oblige. He is so badly damaged I will be most grateful for any improvement however slight. Oh and if you also happen to recognise the uniform etc...

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Re: Not expecting miracles with Sailor Brown
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 30 January 10 15:03 GMT (UK) »
well i had a try!?!?!  but as you say a difficult one

have to say mine kinda looks like 'frankenstein' 

MJB's is great...

not to worry... it was fun

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Re: Not expecting miracles with Sailor Brown
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 30 January 10 15:09 GMT (UK) »
Thank you Xinia  :)
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Re: Not expecting miracles with Sailor Brown
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 30 January 10 15:15 GMT (UK) »
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Re: Not expecting miracles with Sailor Brown
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 30 January 10 15:51 GMT (UK) »
Wow Thanks Emjaybee! :)

I should perhaps have posted that the damage on his forehead area makes him look like he has a hat but in fact he has a quite high hairline sweeping from his left to right.  Another detail that does not show up is that he has a bandage on his left hand
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Re: Not expecting miracles with Sailor Brown
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 30 January 10 16:26 GMT (UK) »
Amended

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Re: Not expecting miracles with Sailor Brown
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 30 January 10 17:58 GMT (UK) »
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Re: Not expecting miracles with Sailor Brown
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 31 January 10 00:43 GMT (UK) »
One from me.

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Re: Not expecting miracles with Sailor Brown
« Reply #8 on: Monday 01 February 10 21:35 GMT (UK) »
Thanks Saddles and embeejay once again for your help and interest
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