I pulled this kit out of the stash and thought I would give it a go. I have all the parts cleaned up and all flash removed (which wasn't much) and ready for paint. I have a couple choices I can go with in the Tamiya line of paint. I have the LP-6 Laquer Pure blue, X-14 Acrylic Sky Blue, and the X-22 Clear. I like the color of the Sky Blue and have yet to try Tamiya's Acrylic paint threw my air brush. For you guys that have already built this kit, can I glued the top on and paint as one unit or does the top need to stay off until further in the build?