| Hello Hogbopper,and a warm welcome here,as I suspect you are dealing with tiny instrument panels then perhaps I can add a few tips to supplement Gregs notes-
Some kits have tiny panels with raised dials,others have virtually nothing,in both cases bringing those dials to life at say 1=72nd,1=48th is tedious,but a very effective panel can be made by first painting your base colour of the panel itself,for the sake of simplicity we could use matt black,or grey for that matter,once the panel is dry then open a tin of gloss varnish,apply tiny bezels by using the very tip of a 00 sized brush,to the scale mentioned this looks effective and really brings those instruments forward,it is all about making the eye think they are instruments,for raised instruments just use a dry brush technique,this involves dipping the very tip of your brush into say silver paint,then roll the brush on a piece of paper before stroking the raised portions of the bezels,they then start to come to life,once dry then drop a tiny amount of gloss varnish into the instrument dials,this looks like glass when dry.
This is just one way that you can bring the instrument panel to life,can I suggest that you get any old model and practise before committing to a good model,practise as they say makes perfect,experimentation is the answer,and above all we all have our own ideas about how a job is done.
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