I need ideas....and a lot of help

[charlie8575]

Several years ago, when I had stable employment and a small amount of disposable income, I purchased a flat-box Jo-Han 1967 Ambassador DPL hardtop.

The DPLs had a very intricately-detailed "Morocco" pattern brocade cloth.

To put it politely, this is going to be a nightmare to replicate. An example of the brocade (in burgundy- red, black, tan and blue were also available, presumably with similar patterns,) is shown about 1/3 of the way down on this page. http://auto.howstuffworks.com/1967-1968-amc-ambassador2.htm

This is an example of a black interior. Even the patterns seemed to vary with color ordered. http://homepage.mac.com/christopher.z/hobby/67-Amb-items/ConvertibleRed/67-Amb-R.html

Well...assuming the burgundy interior is representative of the other colors....does anyone have any idea how I might be able to do this? I'm planning on doing my car in Royale Blue (dark metallic blue,) with a white vinyl top and a blue interior. If this proves too difficult, I'll probably switch to Apollo Yellow/black/black. I think, though, vaguely remembering seeing some blue interior pictures, it may be closer to the the black interior in terms of pattern, therefore not practical to replicate in 1/25.

On an off chance....anybody out there have a '67 AMC dealer album they'd be willing to take a couple of pictures of the relevant pages and send them along?

Thanks in advance.

Charlie Larkin

[diymirage]

seems to me you just need to find the pattern and then print a decal

if the model has enough detail molded in you should be all set

[lizardlust]

On that train of thought, Charlie - have you looked at Scale Motorsports Upholstery Pattern decals to see if any of their products would be suitable for your application??

[Foxer]

Getting a good photo to work from is the only tough part, Charlie. That door photo is a little small but even that is pretty workable. Photoshop can do some amazing things.

If you remember from my GMC van thread the front patterned seat was done from a side angle shot photo. It was a poor photo but I got the idea of the pattern from just a small slice. I ended up printing it on good paper and gluing that on. A decal on white paper may have worked, but this way allowed good texture and easy trimming.

Anyway, if you need any Photoshop help I'm happy to do it. Just send the images and I'll drill you for dimensions and everything else I need.