Bugatti Royale interior ?

[Jon Haigwood]

I am thinking about building the Testers Coupe Napoleon and would like to get as accurate as I can. The kit calls for the rear interior to be black but  from what I can find online it had a patterned interior . Is there a good way to replicate it or should I stick to black ?

[Fat Brian]

The first two things that come to mind are either printing a sheet decal paper with that cloth pattern and cutting out the individual pieces or finding a similar pattern in lace and spraying through it like a mask to create the pattern.

[Jon Haigwood]

15 hours ago, Fat Brian said:

The first two things that come to mind are either printing a sheet decal paper with that cloth pattern and cutting out the individual pieces or finding a similar pattern in lace and spraying through it like a mask to create the pattern.

I am not sure if I could find any lace material that work for a smaller scale. The idea of making decals sounds very doable. I haven't found any patterns real close to the photo but I found several that will work.  

Thanks for the idea

[Fat Brian]

2 hours ago, Jon Haigwood said:

I am not sure if I could find any lace material that work for a smaller scale. The idea of making decals sounds very doable. I haven't found any patterns real close to the photo but I found several that will work.  

Thanks for the idea

Good luck, that looks like it will be pretty challenging no matter how you go about it. 

[SfanGoch]

Google "1920s/1930s brocade cloth material patterns". You should find something close enough. It'll be just a matter of repeating the pattern in PS and adjusting the colors.

[Jon Haigwood]

On 11/11/2020 at 11:38 AM, SfanGoch said:

Google "1920s/1930s brocade cloth material patterns". You should find something close enough. It'll be just a matter of repeating the pattern in PS and adjusting the colors.

Thanks. I found this. Looks close just have to darken the blue and add some pink spots here and there.

 

Looks better

 

Edited November 12, 2020 by Jon Haigwood

[Big John]

Hi Jon, Attached is my best shot at a single element of the repeat pattern for the Coupe Napoleon.  Hope this helps.  Enjoy!

[Jon Haigwood]

18 hours ago, Big John said:

Hi Jon, Attached is my best shot at a single element of the repeat pattern for the Coupe Napoleon.  Hope this helps.  Enjoy!

Thanks 

 

[LDO]

I had that made into a solid 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of decal years ago. I’ll have to see if I can find it. 

I’m not 100% sure it is accurate for an original Royale. I believe that pattern is from a replica that is or was in the Sinsheim Auto+Technic museum in Germany. I could be wrong on that. 

[misterNNL]

On 11/11/2020 at 12:04 PM, Jon Haigwood said:

I am not sure if I could find any lace material that work for a smaller scale. The idea of making decals sounds very doable. I haven't found any patterns real close to the photo but I found several that will work.  

Thanks for the idea

You might looking at lace ribbon at Hobby Lobby.

[LDO]

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Edited January 21, 2021 by LDO

[charlie8575]

I'll be copying and shrinking as appropriate.

Charlie Larkin