Aside from the one Squatch posted (thanks, I couldn’t find that one), here’s a step-by-step tutorial on how I do my cockpits. Unfortunately an airbrush is helpful, if not necessary for this particular process. Sometimes I use 5 minute epoxy on my dials to simulate glass.
http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/2/t/160714.aspx
Good luck,
Joe