Hi imaginative build and display..love the photography against the sky!
Agree with Vince on the finish...show birds would be spotless high gloss like this Reno racer:

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But then again, your colour scheme could be totally hypothetical, so you can weather it any way you like :P
Ive just 2 cts to add about the flaps...is actually impossible for them to be positoned upwards....flaps are for slow speed flight, take off and landing....and only can move down.
The correct control surfaces would be the aileron (outboard of flaps), elevators and rudders. If your posing the plane in a climbing position, with a bit of roll, the correctly should be elevators pointing up, and a bit of left or right aileron depending on the direction of the roll...you can throw in some kick of left/right rudder as well
My 2 cts....but lovely build otherwise :D