RE: Covering visibility help
Oh yea - two "tear" panels for the top and two "feather" panels for the bottom. The only challenge would be picking a background covering color for what I call "base strips" - those 1/4 - 1/2 wide strips that are used where the fin and stab intersect and where the stab and fuse intersect - ensures that you have a fully sealed covering where fuel residue stays on the outside.
I was thinking of a 3-color tear panel. The back (rear) section to the trailing edge in yellow, a shadow section that covers the front of the yellow tear in orange and finally a red section that covers the orange and laps over the leading edge. Kinda like an old 50's flame job with red on the LE then orange and then yellow. Emmmmm ....