looks great Bobby!
Heres a piece of info that will help you get your balsa carvings glass smooth before you apply your paint jobs.
go to your local hobby shop and get something called Clear Dope. Apply this to it. Give it a couple coats. Do NOT do it indoors without a window open. The fumes are potent. This stuff will seap into the poors and seal the wood allowing you to sand it smooth as glass.
If you bought a big enough jar you could even dip the bait in the jar, hold it over teh jar letting the excess run off. That will save ya some time.
by the way if you do go the painting route... get a good natural hair brush and be sure to get dope thinner. regular thinner will not work.
The dope is normally used on wood models. It originally was used on real airplanes when they were canvas covered years ago.