The canopy is only held on with screws. I drilled the holes through the canopy and the cockpit wood. I had some Sullivan, flexible CF push rod material that I cut into 5/8" pieces. I re-drilled the holes in the cockpit to snugly fit the push rod material. I used CA to glue the CF pieces into the side rails, and Gorilla Glue to glue them into the foam/wood front deck material. This gives me a hole to screw into that will resist the screw backing out from vibration. I may add a couple more screws in the front deck, to make sure wind doesn't get under the canopy.

The paint I used for the canopy is Rustoleum for plastics. I used painters tape and Tamiya pin stripe tape for masking. I got real sharp paint lines!

I am tempted to put a pilot and control panel in the plane, but I think I will fight the urge.

I hope this helps!

Andy