Detailing cockpits means many hours of tedious work, especially in anything smaller than 1/32 scale. The number of parts and accessories you use to detail a cockpit may well exceed 100. The addition of these parts, coupled with some basic techniques for painting and weathering, will result in an accurate presentation of the real aircraft. Adding detail, no matter how much, is a waste of time if you cant see it. One of the tricks of master modelers is to use different shades of the same color to highlight detail and create a perception of depth. Artists use this technique when painting a picture that appears to have depth. For example, if the interior of a cockpit is flat black and you use this color throughout, you will end up with a black hole. Creating the perception of depth is easy, but will add extra steps to your modeling approach. The end results, however, are worth the effort. A note here on paints: although I use enamel paints for all exterior work, I use water-base paints for most interior painting. I usually end up air-brushing several shades of a color, and when using an airbrush it is much easier to clean up water-base paints than enamels. You can also accelerate the drying time of water-base paints with a hair dryer — a great ad vantage whentime is limited.
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