Details, Details, Details....

Drybrushing works, just make sure you get almost all the paint off first before using it on the panel. If you think its all gone, wipe it a few more times - its always easier to put on more than to take off.

I also use the pencil trick in combination with drybrushing. A siliver pencil gentlely rubbed on its side against switches & bezels works well. Also much better control over drybrushing.

Oddly enough, those are the same lamps i had been seeing on ebay the other day for a little more than whats listed there! Interesting....

I've got a 10/0 brush, though i didn't try that out yet. I think i just need a steadier hand. These cockpit retails are thinner than a sheet of paper!

Hey Roger. You may want to check out Harbor Freight sometime. I picked up a magnifying lens Lamp for $10 on sale awhile back. Dang thing comes in Handy!!

http://search.harborfreight.com/cpisearch/web/search.do?keyword=magnifying+lamp&Submit=Go 

and the 10/0 brush is great for dry brushing as everyone else has said.

Have Fun

Eddie 

In addition to the magnifier light, you might also want to consider getting a 10/0 spotter brush.  I have one specifically for doing dry brush work.  They're great because they're a flat brush as opposed to a point or round tip.  As long as you dry off most of the paint, it works really well at just picking up the high points.

I got mine from micromark.com for about $8

-Fred

You can try painting the base color, such as white for the dial faces, and then use the side of an artist pencil, such as black, to pick out the needles and dashes on the dial.

-Jesse

Yep! I was actually looking at some off of ebay earlier, just to get an idea of what they might run for. And $50 seems to be about the average. My next paycheck drops tomorrow, so i may need to put that on the "don't tell the wife" list of expenses!

I tried the dry brush trick tonight, and i still botched it. I think that's where the magnifier light comes in. Especially the light, since it seems that at some angles, the lighting on my bench isn't ideal. Some of this i think i'm gonna need to guess here. The only reference i can get is whats on the painting diagram on the instruction booklet, and a few fuzzy pictures i found. But i haven't seen any really good reference pictures of the cockpit area (and i think i wore a hole in the google search engine doing it!). But i repainted the black, and i'm gonna give it another shot tomorrow night. And i might have a go at the seatbelts too. Thanks guys!

Amen to the magnifier light!

Just purchased a nice one this past weekend at Office Depot, ($49.99). What a HUGE enhancement to model building. Couldn't imagine working without one now!