Star Wars 1/144 scale Millennium Falcon [WIP – Upper Fully Assembled and Snap-fitted onto the Lower Hull]

With all its separate pieces and sub-assemblies fully painted and accounted for, the Millennium Falcon was finally ready to be put together. After years in this hobby, I seem to have settled upon a modus operandi that involves painting a miniature figurine or scale model kit's parts first before assembling them. Most, if not all, of my projects have been carried out in this manner. Doing so has