[Alex T.]

bee your experiments are really interesting, bear in mind though that the real canvas texture is very thin, and it's actually hard to see it once the paint is applied. As per the gauges, the best way for me was to create some photoshop multilayered templates, the biggest effort was in finding or recreating the most accurate lettering,another important rule is never use absolute colors (like black and white), because they tend to stand out too much. Try to fiddle with shades and colours, it's all a matter of finding the right blend. In my humble opinion the best cockpit is the gladiator one, the guy who made it is a true artist!

Alex