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Hi Guys,

I have started work on the Savioa Marchetti SM.87 airliner from Ala Littoria (Broplan vacform, 1/72).
Can someone suggest some reference material for the cabin interior (colours, seat arrangement, etc.)?

So far my web research didn't generate any results for the interior, not for the 87 or for the 75 of which it was the hydroplane version...

Thanks!

Peter

The best reference I've come across for this aircraft is found in the Aug/Sept 2006 issue of Aerofan (#98). It has a fair number of exterior photos of all four aircraft (I-GOR, I-ILLA, I-INNO & I-IGEA) and one cut-away artistic impression, showing some of the interior layout. The English text translation does not reveal much more about the interior except to say that seating was provided for 20-24 passengers, depending on fuel load, with a toilet just ahead of the rear access door and luggage placed under the passenger compartment and in the rear. All images are b&w, so no clue about colours.

Thanks Chris, I'll try to obtain a copy.

Peter

I usually get Aerofan magazines from https://www.italiankits.it/

https://italiankits.it/aerofan.html

Official painting table of Savoia-Marchetti, edited on 21 February 1940, stated that:

- Passengers compartment interior and floor in civil seaplanes was light hazelnut brown
- Passengers toilet walls were ivory
- Windows frames were brown
- Furnitures and accessories were pearl grey
- Overall civil aircraft finish was mother-of-the-pearl grey (FS 37769 according to CMPR book) or aluminium paint
- Pilots cockpit interior was light grey, with black instrument panel and dark grey floor
- Pilots' seats were Havana (tobacco brown) -and perhaps passengers' seats too-

I hope this is useful to you. Just a warning: don't get crazy to guess the exact hue of each colour: in the same table the hazelnut brown, for instance, was to be obtained by mixing red, green and yellow with no proportion indications!

Stefano

Ciao Stefano,

Grazie per l'informazione. Unfortunately I received information from Gruppo Modellistico Sestese aerlier that Italian civilian airplanes were all light grey (grigio chiaro), so I paineted the interior accourdingly and the fuselage is now closed
Well, on the plus sight, I got the colour of the seats right, for which I used a brownish colour.....

Thanks again,

Peter

Sorry for the late, I had a week of vacation in June, then my PC had a failure in RAM memory, so I had to wait until it was repaired.
However, I think that little is visible once the fuselage is closed, apart the pilot cockpit where the interior was actually grey.
I hope these info are useful for a next model.

Cheers

Stefano

As was looking up this information again as I'm now working on a conversion of the Supermodel S.81 into the S.73 airliner, and I noted I never posted any images

To make up for it, and with a big thank you to Stefano, here they are:






The model won several commendations at modelling contests in the Netherlands and Belgium. Decals are Tauro and some custom printing.

I'll create a new forum item later on to show the S.73 conversion, which will be finished in SABENA markings.

Kind regards,

Peter

Very clean, great looking airliner.
Excellent job Peter!
I am curious, where did you find the seats?
Vincent.

Wow! That's a beautiful S.73, can you please send in an article to include in the Gallery. Thank you Peter!

Wonderful Peter, How wonderful to see you do such a beautiful job on such beautiful aircraft!!!!

Thank you all for your comments.

Vince, I'll gladly write up something for the gallery.

Re. the seats: they were all scratch built, see images below. Just don't try to make 24 of these tiny seats in one go, you'll go nuts




Kind regards,

Peter

Thanks Peter. Those seats are incredible, the close-up does justice to the incredible detail on such a small scale! Awesome! Looking forward to your S.73 article!

Hi Peter,
Wow!
You actually scratch built 24 seats!
Great job, Peter
Vincent.