[WWI] Sopwith Salamander

[Diego Fernetti]

Hugh!
> Does anyone know or have an idea what the interior colour of the Salamnder 
> cockpit would have been?
> I'm guessing either darkish grey

A few years ago Windsock published a couple of small drawings from a 
training manual IIRC that showed the internal arrangement of the Salamander 
cockpit. It wasn't too informative, as the cockpit sidewalls were of 
nondescript black. What I gleaned from that drawing was that in all 
probabilities the cockpit was made up of steel sheets, with an internal 
wooden structure similar to the Sopwith Snipe. The drawing didn't show any 
special arrangement to hold the steel plates togheter, so I guess they were 
bolted or soldered togheter in some way and out of the pilot sight.
Outside, those plates may have been painted battleship gray, but I think 
that in the inside they may have left the steel unpainted, so I agree with 
you that a plain dark metallic hue may be appropiate for the flat sidewalls, 
while the woden structure and panels may have been clear varnished as usual 
with Sopwith practice.
D.