About the only covering I did not remove was on the rudder and elevators. The rest I removed and redid with white ultracote, I just wanted the lines and seems to look a little better.
Sorry I couldn't get this clearly. Did you mean you had to remove all the coverings other than on the rudder and elevators and recovered it again with white ultracote? Why?
I really liked your scheme too. Add some more decals and it will look much better in my opinion. I know that there are a lot of threads about trimming ultracote (which I believe wild hare planes use) with monocote but yours is a good example that it can be done effectively.