Ok, I've decided I wasn't finished and now have 2 nice black wing walks on the top side of the w2ings. That color seemed to work well. I also took a 4" piece of a broken arrow I had and cut a slot down it. Then slipped it over the center of the push rod tapped the ends off anf filled it with as much epoxy as I could get it to hold. Hopefully that will make the rod stiffer. If not I'll cut the rod down and splice a solid carbon shaft to each end and just have the original push rod material at the ends.
Since the black seems to cover over the gray I may add a few more stripes on the wings.