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PM sent. It depends on which Y-Wing you're going for. I find it's easier to paint the yellow and blue bands on the engines before you attach the clamps for the the t-rods, as seen in my image below:
I tend to look at subassemblies, and what will be hard to reach if I assemble it fully. In some cases, spraying/airbrushing after assembly leaves nice "shadows" behind conduits and such and make the texture more apparent -- especially with a ship like this. I'd assemble the cockpit interior, paint it, paint the pilot seat separately, paint the cockpit shell, glue the cockpit tub in, then the pilot seat, etc. paint the thrust nozzles separately from the engine nacelles, and probably the vectoring vanes, too. Paint the droid separately. Paint the guns separately. The rear fuselage, pylons, and engine nacelles can probably be painted all in one go. Probably do a two-tone approach -- a darker base color, then glue the pipes and other "floating" greeblies on, and mist the lighter shade over that. Then detail.
Has yours arrived yet? Mine is scheduled for tomorrow.
Should have waited!
