RE: Finished first plane
Very nice. Crashem is correct, contrasting colors do make it easier to tell the plane's orientation. One more item that I would check is your nose wheel. In the pic it appears to be way too far to the right in relationship to the rudder. Maybe it is not that way, but sure looks like it.
OOPS...me bad, just reread your post and saw that you haven't put in the radio gear yet. Disregard my wheel comments.