Dash Paint Question

[sconnors]

I own a 1930 Deluxe coupe which was manufactured in June 1930. One of the color schemes for that year was black body and vermillion red wheels and pinstripe which is how my car appears.

I know the car has been restored at some point before it got to me and the dash rail has the wood grain appearance. The dash however is painted in brown. From what I've read and seen it appears the dash should match the body which would be black. My question is, has anyone ever painted their dash while still in the car and do you have any tips on doing so? (see the red circled portion in the attached photo - not my car just an image I grabbed online)

I'm thinking of dropping the instrument panel, masking off the dash rail, steering column, and putting drop cloths down to cover the floor and blankets to cover the door panels and then attempting to paint the dash that way.

Thoughts fellas?