Possibly you should start out with bright yellow for the model? Possibly?

Using your purple only as accent, as you have. Then, you could incorporate the black and white checks I mentioned, in a large percentage of the wing area.

Obviously your last renderings were much more apealing than your first attempts.

Not that there's anything wrong with your first attempts.

Maybe, checks close to the fuselage on one side and placed outboard on the other. I'm talking wings here.

This way, when you fly, you won't have to pay as much attention.

This model, see photo, has wingtip color that brakes up the color following the leading edge color. It's also painted the same on the bottom.

Checks could take the place of the blue on one side, then have them near the fuse on the other.

Note, I used no complementry colors. Even the pastel pink and pastel blue works, not to mention the real Gold Leaf. That's not a shadow line on the stab, the stab is white and mediam gray.

I painted this model in the early 90's. Scheme still works today. IMHO.

Great Thread, gives you the chance to show off. [sm=bananahead.gif]

Keep up the good work, and progress.

Terrible photo, I'll try to improve it.

Charles