painting details on photo etch instrument panel

Which photo etch and resin sets are you using? I've been trying to track down some detail sets for some of the Apollo stuff, and all I can find is photo etch for the old Airfix Saturn V. Been on the hunt for nicer engine nozzles and stuff like that.

Don Stauffer

I thinned gloss black paint quite a bit, but not quite a wash.  I shook the bottle, took off the cap, leaving a thin layer of black paint. I dipped a toothpick inside the cap, straight up, leaving just a little paint on the tip.  I then touched it inside the dial.  A couple of more drops and the paint flowed out to the rim.  I used gloss black to simulate glass covered dials.  I use flat paint for the panels.  The glossy dials look just like glass instruments on a flat painted panel.

 

 

Thanks Don.  I'll give it a try.

Dave

I thinned gloss black paint quite a bit, but not quite a wash.  I shook the bottle, took off the cap, leaving a thin layer of black paint. I dipped a toothpick inside the cap, straight up, leaving just a little paint on the tip.  I then touched it inside the dial.  A couple of more drops and the paint flowed out to the rim.  I used gloss black to simulate glass covered dials.  I use flat paint for the panels.  The glossy dials look just like glass instruments on a flat painted panel.