Dornier Do-X interior color

Don Stauffer

One of the references gave an interesting fact.  No throttles accessible to pilot or co-pilot.  The engine controls were the function of the flight engineer in the room behind the pilots.  The crew operated like a surface ship- the Captain called out the throttle positions needed, and the flight engineer operated the twelve throttles!  It is a good thing it was a seaplane- must have been hard to set it down right on the numbers, with the pilot not having access to the throttles!  And, moving all those throttles must have made chopping the throttles take more than an instant in time!

Dornier built three, and two were actually operated by Sana, the Italian airline. Later taken over by the Regia.

"and two other machines based on orders from Italy – the X2, named Umberto Maddalena (registered I-REDI), and X3, named Alessandro Guidoni (registered I-ABBN)."

That's the one I chose to do, per the classic old Matchbox 1/144 kit.

 

-Wiki.

 

 

I always make interior regardless of visibility from outside. I like interior assembly. From modeller's view point, it's stunning but I thought the Do-X is a really dangerous airliner. Once the engineer fail to operate the throttle, the engine would be broken. The Do-X do not have suficient power with heavy weight. The too heavy interior like wall, floor, carpet, chair etc seems not be suitable for aviation use.

I am also building that kit.  No color for the cockpit area, but my guess is that, based on monochrome pics it may have been two shades of gray.

The lower portion where all the windows are appears to be mostly wood paneling.  On the other hand, the windows are so small you will not be able to see any detail, so I painted the interior, before adding the windows, flat black. 

I am adding cockpit details- will make floor and walls a dark gray, and the seats, control columns and supporting structure lighter gray.  Instrument panels appear to be the flat black popular in that era.

My google image search turned up many monochrome pictures, including some stereo pairs, which is neat since I have a stereoscope!

One of the references gave an interesting fact.  No throttles accessible to pilot or co-pilot.  The engine controls were the function of the flight engineer in the room behind the pilots.  The crew operated like a surface ship- the Captain called out the throttle positions needed, and the flight engineer operated the twelve throttles!  It is a good thing it was a seaplane- must have been hard to set it down right on the numbers, with the pilot not having access to the throttles!  And, moving all those throttles must have made chopping the throttles take more than an instant in time!

 

Thank you for the reply. I have already gotten the upper picture and imaged. Wall is patterned colour. And there are some carpets on the floor, but I omitted to save time. Imaging from monochrome pictures are difficult. I cannot ditinguish white and very light blue from monghrome colour. I had better research books as well as seeking online before painting.

Maybe I cannot reach the concrese sourse.

That is not the type of interior I had expected to see.  Very nice.  Guess I was just used to military transports and contract flights.

Cool! Who sells a 1/72 DO-X?

As far as the bridge, I would think it was pretty nautical- gloss white and wood paneling?

There may not be any available unless there is one in a museum somewhere that will give access.  Color film was rare and expensive back when that thing flew.