Zac, I think you should get a second one and join me on this short run journey
And here is another tip for you all.
I began fitting the cowling pieces, and my advice is the following sequence
1. Glue the "belly" and "chin" parts first.
2. Glue the side panels; the cheeks, if we're keeping the body analogy, to the "chin"
3. Glue the top/side pieces with the gun troughs and little teardrop shaped bulges to the sides of the cheeks but NOT TO THE center-top bit
Leave the center top free-floating so that you can move everything around to properly match the cowling. Plastic shims will need to be installed in the big gaps between the gun troughs and the center-top
I don't know that this is the only way to do this, but it certainly is A way.