I left the white on (trimmed from the white out) and attached the canopy with some blue automotive stick on striping I got from an auto parts store. The striping is very flexable comes in almost any color and keeps the fuel out. I looks 100% better than screws.

The instrument panel you can download off the AMA website (from their project extra) it is an actual photo from a real Extra downsized. Best of all its free, I can also e-mail it to you if you want to give me your direct e-mail address. I didn't like the all grey area under the canopy so I took a piece of stick on black Monokote and attached it but left about 1/4 inch of grey on either side to make the cockpit look more 3D. My plane also has a pilot figure now.