You're very welcome, glad to help.
Thanks for clarifying what you meant about painting a cockpit. For me, I'd still prime it, if I'm priming at all. As I think back on recent builds (recent being over the past two or three years, heh heh), I think I primed some, and on others, I just applied my finish colors to the plastic. In either case, I had cleaned the parts with warm water and de-greaser before assembly began, so I was pretty confident that the surface was clean. As you can see, it depends 