I have a Sheri Lewis "Lambchop" finger puppet in my Contender 60 and a "Happy Meal" Benjie Mouse (from the Cinderella movie) in my Hot Stik 40. Both sliced as needed and cemented and laced in place.

Good pilots are where you find them. Check out the PEZ dispensers in a grocery store for a likely Four Star pilot. If it looks small, look at a pilot in a P-47 or a F4F Hellcat. Those are BIG low wing monoplanes compared to the pilot.