Hi Palindrome. Sorry for my late reply to your question on the control panel. I had troubles also on that part. But one thing I know: the control panel needs to be at the edge of the font area in the cockpit: try to align the control panel to the aperture of the cockpit.
One more thing, the cockpit should be glued along the edge of the cockpit aperture on the sides. In my first photo below, I failed to put it straight and you can see that my cockpit goes down in the front, but it must be at the edge.
Not sure what happens to the photo I posted before, but I don't see it now. Let's see if the following photos stay put, so you can see the way I glued the control panel.
I hope it helps.
