I know how to do those sorta things, I just recently learn how to do a shine like that in Photoshop a week ago. The only time I ever heard or know vector is in 3D Moddling and Rendering so that might be it otherwise I haven't got a clue.
If you want to learn how to do detail like that shine, here's a link:
http://www.photoshoppoint.com/design...ustrial-panel/
(just make sure you got a fairly recent version of photoshop to do this in, I have CS3 Extended)
[EDIT]
Just to show you, here's something I did earlier today in just under a minute!
I know it's small but it's meant to be so.
