Cheers Yel.  I was thinking maybe firstly cover the whole plane in white and then the leading edges black with a black stipe on the bottom of the wing length ways and a red stripe on the top of the wing length ways.  Then black and red stripes on the fuse length ways again?  I will get a better idea of how it will all look once I have finished the plane.  I can sort of lay the colours out a bit.