Interior upholstery pattern decals

[gtx6970]

Is Scale Motorsports the only source for seat pattern decals ?

[stitchdup]

kit form services do tiger print and stripey ones, and I've seen others. What style are you looking for?

[Ron Hamilton]

I have bought several sets of them, and used them on a few builds.  I used the red houndstooth pattern on my '60 Chevrolet convertible.

It is pretty easy to work with, but must be top coated with flat clear, as it is quite glossy.

[gtx6970]

kit form services do tiger print and stripey ones, and I've seen others. What style are you looking for?

Basically anything to replicate  from late 50s to late sixties cloth seat inserts.

 

PS, I ordered about 4 or 5 different ones from Scale Motorsports last nite.

 

Edited December 23, 2016 by gtx6970

[Force]

I have waited for correct upholstery pattern decals for the 64 Ford Thunderbolt rear seat since that kit first came out so I can do it right...all Thunderbolt's built had the same Medium Beige Poly interior with vinyl Bostrom seats in front and the rear seat was a standard Fairlane fabric seat with a pattern that's very difficult to do with paint only...but nothing yet.  If anything like this would come out I would buy several sheets.
There are also lots of other patterns for cars that are difficult to do with paint only, so in my opinion we need more patterns.

Edited December 24, 2016 by Force

[crazyjim]

I've played with seat patterns in my graphics package but have never done much with them.

[JerseyRed]

I have waited for correct upholstery pattern decals for the 64 Ford Thunderbolt rear seat since that kit first came out so I can do it right...all Thunderbolt's built had the same Medium Beige Poly interior with vinyl Bostrom seats in front and the rear seat was a standard Fairlane fabric seat with a pattern that's very difficult to do with paint only...but nothing yet.  If anything like this would come out I would buy several sheets.
There are also lots of other patterns for cars that are difficult to do with paint only, so in my opinion we need more patterns.

I've played with seat patterns in my graphics package but have never done much with them.

I'd certainly be interested in more seat pattern decals for almost all my builds.

[crazyjim]

Can't seem to be able to paste a pdf file here.

 

[gtx6970]

I have waited for correct upholstery pattern decals for the 64 Ford Thunderbolt rear seat since that kit first came out so I can do it right...all Thunderbolt's built had the same Medium Beige Poly interior with vinyl Bostrom seats in front and the rear seat was a standard Fairlane fabric seat with a pattern that's very difficult to do with paint only...but nothing yet.  If anything like this would come out I would buy several sheets.
There are also lots of other patterns for cars that are difficult to do with paint only, so in my opinion we need more patterns.

Agreed 1000%. Ive built 2 Thunderbolts and have decals for maybe 4 or 5 more. Something to replicate the back seat would be REALLLLLY nice to have . Someone was doing the white stripe for the door panels at one time ( never bought any though ) 

[MrObsessive]

This may sound like a radical approach to what you want, but I'll try to explain it clearly.

Years ago, I wanted the "Burtex" type pattern for the trunk mat of a '55 Ford Victoria hardtop I was building. No one offered that pattern in a decal so I had tried to come up with something clever. I went online and found a supplier who makes that trunk mat, and copied the pattern image on my hard disc. I then put that image on my desktop background and "tiled" it so that it showed up many times in a grid type pattern. This was after I shrunk the pattern down to what I thought would look in scale for the model.

I then went into Windows Accesories (I was using Vista then), and opened up their Snipping Tool. I did a screen shot of the entire desktop background, and then saved this as a .JPG file into the folder of the model I was working on. 

I then retrieved that image out of the folder, and printed it on plain white paper which captured the pattern very well. To simulate the vinyl look of the mat, I simply taped over the printed paper with clear box tape (it's quite wide) and that would give you that semi shiny look that the mats had. I don't have pics of the pattern as the model was put away. A major bodywork boo-boo on my part had me lose interest in the building of it, so it sits packed away in a box among the tons of other models I have.

It was a little involved, but you may be able to try a similar approach to the seat pattern you want if all else fails. 

Hope this helps!

Edited December 24, 2016 by MrObsessive

[Snake45]

This may sound like a radical approach to what you want, but I'll try to explain it clearly.

Years ago, I wanted the "Burtex" type pattern for the trunk mat of a '55 Ford Victoria hardtop I was building. No one offered that pattern in a decal so I had tried to come up with something clever. I went online and found a supplier who makes that trunk mat, and copied the pattern image on my hard disc. I then put that image on my desktop background and "tiled" it so that it showed up many times in a grid type pattern. This was after I shrunk the pattern down to what I thought would look in scale for the model.

I then went into Windows Accesories (I was using Vista then), and opened up their Snipping Tool. I did a screen shot of the entire desktop background, and then saved this as a .JPG file into the folder of the model I was working on. 

I then retrieved that image out of the folder, and printed it on plain white paper which captured the pattern very well. To simulate the vinyl look of the mat, I simply taped over the printed paper with clear box tape (it's quite wide) and that would give you that semi shiny look that the mats had. I don't have pics of the pattern as the model was put away. A major bodywork boo-boo on my part had me lose interest in the building of it, so it sits packed away in a box among the tons of other models I have.

It was a little involved, but you may be able to try a similar approach to the seat pattern you want if all else fails. 

Hope this helps!

That's a very clever and creative solution to the problem, and it sounds like it would work quite well in some cases. Thanks for taking the time to share it with us!

[my66s55]

I'm with Bill. I found a fairly straight on picture of a 59 Plymouth door panel. Cropped a section. Tiled it in LibreOffice writer. Printed it out and used it in door panels and seats. Worked perfect. 

[Can-Con]

For my green Rabbit I simply found an appropriate plaid pattern on the internet and printed it out on white decal sheet and trimmed to size. A couple must coats of dullcoat and they were good to go.

Edited December 25, 2016 by Can-Con

[Snake45]

For my green Rabbit I simply found an appropriate plaid pattern on the internet and printed it out on white decal sheet and trimmed to size. A couple must coats of dullcoat and they were good to go.

That came out great!

[talon63]

Craft tape, in the scrapbooker section of most big box hobby/craft stores, does pretty good. Lots of patterns and designs. Here is an example:

Width off the roll is almost perfect for seats. If it doesn't adhere well enough, any liquid glue will help keep it in place, or a coating of dull coat.