Painting complete (excluding wheel pants)

We finished shooting the cowls and canard yesterday with base coat and clear coat.  Have some fish eyes on them but not bad for a garage paint job.

I need to finish balancing the ailerons.   The elevators are okay but only by about 3 1/2 degrees.

So in hindsight a few things I'd do differently:

After sanding/filling/priming, I'd use a DA sander with 600 grit to remove any texture.  Then seal with a coat of reduced primer (but read the FAQ for the product to see what is recommended).
I'd check with my local painters (and not paint store) to see what products they recommend.   I followed their recommendations on grit for prepping.  On some parts that I'd previously painted, they had me wet sand with 1000.

On the cowls and canard, after spraying the Southern Polyurethane Epoxy Primer 5% reduced as a sealer, then shooting base/clear they noted it didn't take as much base coat to cover any spots where spotting putty had been used.

So...since spotting/filler compound tends to shrink, any larger places that are still rough but not to larger or deep, fill with West Systems and micro, then sand and recoat with West (to avoid pinholes), sand and then prime.

Wheel paints aren't installed or built, so there will be some more painting required in the future.