[dsraven]

I have found that locating and marking the body line with tape, at the front and rear of each panel, can really help you line up the body parts. then I use magnets attached one at the front by the headlight and one at the rear with a string between them at the body line. this really helps me get the panels lined up. mark the tape with a pencil at the body line so it is easy to see if the string is on the mark or not. sometimes the body line can be hard to pick out otherwise because it is not really a sharp line. I usually space the string off the body by a little so it doesn't sag due to friction on the body parts. I just usually tape an office eraser to the body under the string at each end because thats what I have handy.
you have gotten a lot of progress in a short time, keep plugging away and posting. you got me off the couch and finding time to start looking at my old project again.