Normally I don't comment too much on USN planes (I have no base for comment, little knowledge of the arena), however as a small detail I'll point out:
You might have made the shadows on the control surfaces too hard. Look at the photo and see the perfectly smooth, unblemished ailerons. They may have been covered, but you couldn't tell from the outside. Not a single shadow or highlight and from that angle and with that much sun you'd see *something* in the photo. So as a compromise I'd make your shadows very subtle.