Chris,
For the pattern sequences I would refer to
www.NSRCA.org they have all the sequences from sportsman to FAI. Also a good 40 size pattern plane would probably be a venus 40 arf or if you want to build it look at the Widebody 40 from Colombo Anderson models.
Sorry for taking so long to get back with you I have been very busy getting ready for the Masters and getting ready for school to start as well.
Andrew