Historic stickers/decal advice
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Dunc6001

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99 posts

220 months

Thursday 1st September 2016
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At some stage I'm going to need to replace these decals/stickers (what is the correct term?) on my old TVR.
About 9" deep?
Or is it going to be a case of getting them redrawn?
Any and all advice will be well received!!
Thanks
D

Roy C

4,213 posts

313 months

Thursday 1st September 2016
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It's unlikely you will get an exact reproduction of that sticker, especially that large size, but I Say Ding Dong produce many varied motoring stickers, including a 6" version of the BARC sheild: https://www.isaydingdong.co.uk/ourshop/cat_1048734...

They may be able to make a larger version for you.

Yertis

19,707 posts

295 months

Thursday 1st September 2016
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I've done this, for a relatively famous historic rally car owned by a client of mine. But you have three options. The first is to follow the advice above and find one already done, but that doesn't look spot-on design-wise. The second which *might* be good enough, depending on your standards, is to photograph it, tidy that photo up in photoshop, and then make a sticker out of the file. But lighting it and dealing with the distortion over the curves will be a fiddle and it's not how I'd do it if it were my car. What I did, and would do, is make a very detailed trace of the sticker on the car (assuming it cannot be removed easily)and then using that trace together with photographic reference recreate the sticker artwork as exactly as possible – in Illustrator. You have a choice as to whether to recreate all the blemishes and scratches, or having it 'as new'. The downside of this approach is that it is not cheap.

Dunc6001

Original Poster:

99 posts

220 months

Thursday 1st September 2016
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Thanks both.
I've ordered from DingDong to use as ref/scan for the sign shop - perfect!!!
I'll keep you posted on progress.
regards
D

Willhire89

1,461 posts

234 months

Thursday 1st September 2016
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When I needed a BARC sticker to recreate my livery on the Willhire Sapphire I rang them and they sent me an envelope of several sizes FOC