I painted my 6A with the wings on. Took off all control surfaces and fairings and painted them first. Next was the left wing. After that, the right wing. Then the fuselage and tail section. Last was the upper and lower cowling.
Wings are all white. Fuselage is red, white, blue, and gold.
Wing tips are red with a white stripe where it meets the wing.
Flaps are white on top, red/white checkerboard vinyl on bottom.
Cowling was painted last to match up with fuselage paint lines.
Start to finish took about 11 weeks which includes cleaning, scuffing, washing, taping, degreasing, priming, tapping, and finally painting.
Cost wise, i ended up spending as much as a quote from a quality paint shop.
Oh...this does not count the time I spent sanding and pinhole filling the fiberglass parts.