Tails to Regulation - Looking for advice on conversion

[Bassbarijpm]

Hello,

I'm geting ready to beging to plan for a tails coat coversion to a Regulation Doublet. My goal is to finish it for New Years Eve 2010. I am choosing this because I'm a former US Army (so I'm inclined to a more military look) and I want something other then a PC. I also found a cheap tails coat in my size (41R). This will be a conversion so I may not be 100% true to the regulation's styling but I want to know where I have deviated.

Some questions:

What type of cuffs?

What type of epualettes?

What does the back look like.

How long are the tails?

Shawl vs Notched laples are there any major issues here (the donor coat has shawl)?

What is the normal vest to wear? Ive seen both ones that are straight at teh bottom and rest just over top of the kilts wais band and onee that are pointed like a normal suite vest.

If you have a Regulation doublet and could post some pictures it would be helpful. The regulation double DYI thread no longer has any pictures of the conversion.

The wisdom of the Clan is welcomed. I wil post as I go. ith:

[JSFMACLJR]

Are you sure it is a regulation style doublet you wish to make, rather than a Prince Charlie coatee? The latter pretty much is a truncated tailcoat, whereas the former is not.

[Bassbarijpm]

I not 100% sure. I've not been able to see the details well on the regualtion. I may be shooting for a high bread of both.

[JSFMACLJR]

I not 100% sure. I've not been able to see the details well on the regualtion. I may be shooting for a high bread of both.

The back of a regulation doublet looks like this:



The back of the Prince Charlie coatee looks like this:

[Bassbarijpm]

Thank you for the pictures of the back of both jackets. It looks like the tail are about the lenght of a "normal" suite jacket. Can you tell me the button size normally used on the PC and regulation. ith:

[sydnie7]

Thank you for the pictures of the back of both jackets. It looks like the tail are about the lenght of a "normal" suite jacket. Can you tell me the button size normally used on the PC and regulation. ith:

This vendor carries them in L, M, and S -- 3/4, 5/8, and 1/2 inch respectively.

I need to update it with some details about lining, but I did a shawl collar tuxedo conversion to kilt coatee (no fancy rear treatment) which you can see here.

[dfmacliam]

Sydnie, that conversion you did looks wonderful... impressive work..

[McMurdo]

Here isa conversion you might want to look at, it was done by a members mother.
http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/p...268/index.html

[Bassbarijpm]

That http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/p...268/index.html is a great looking job.

[Bassbarijpm]

Do you know if

The inner tails (smaller tails) are over laped by the outer (larger) tails.

or

They lay next to them.

On the Piper's doublet