Doc,
You might try the new William's Bros for the vintage pilot heads. The company is back in business and selling the perfect thing for B-TR. I was always a klutz at gluing plastic and painting. To my surprise, I had so much fun making the first one, I made two more for future race planes! They came out far better than I expected.
This year at the Tucson Cabin Fever races, a classic Redskin placed in the top three against some very tough competition. The best in the US, as far as we know. Of course, the plane looks so good, I'd build one just to fun fly it....
The Redskin short kit I recently bought from Darrell Albert had a canopy with it. He might know where to get more.
Dave "McSlow" Hull
So Cal Air Racers