Shingled gable

The three large gables are supposed to be shingled above the windows according to the instructions. The kit even includes fancy shingles for this purpose. I think the shingles are too large, and more importantly, I don't think you'd leave any gable wood exposed on a real life house. To remedy both of these points, I bought Greenleaf half scale speed shingle strips (octagon shape) with the plan to apply them to the entire gable. Since I would ultimately be painting them, I decided to glue them onto the gable before staining them with the black/grey aging wash and crackled paint. I'll continue up to the top peak and then repeat for the other two gables, but I already think this looks like a better scale match. There will be trim between the gable shingles and siding to finish off the edge between the two.