Yup! Krusty.....your sick and twisted!
There is nothing wrong with that....I think?
I like to build almost everything but cars.....my first loves were WWII aircraft....then SCI-FI.....in fact when I'm done with my 1/35 Coast Guard helicopter ( see USCG colors thread ) I'm going to build the 1/35 scale Harkonen Ornithopter from the 1984 DUNE film. ( another lucky ebay find )
INSTRUMENTS you say?
Yep....on 1/35 and smaller scale's starting with a flat black dials is a good start and then dry brushing or carefully painting the raised details 'if any' would be 2nd.....then after all that a few hours later or the next day... use a paint brush and goop a good amount of a
CLEAR GLOSS coat over each dial to give them that glass look.
That works pretty darn good!
On 1/24 I like to use copied art work ( or decals ) placed behind drilled out gauges and squeeze in a thin piece of clear styrene for the glass....this can be done in 1/32 scale as well. Some panels may need to be thinned down so that the dials are not so deep.
Hope that helps!
Straighten up and fly right.....