You are doing fine and have great advisors. Follow them and be patient. Aligning all the heavy sheet metal is difficult for anyone.
You may want to tape some wooden shims between hood and fender to automatically get the gap required. Especially with a one man operation. 52Carl (or Carl) and MNSmith (or Mark) can advise if AD is the same as TF, in that "C" shims can be used to raise a fender up to level or to level other sheet metal pieces.
Also "Master Gabster" is an autofill in the "Custom Title" space, showing a level of how many posts or longevity of a member. Many members may have that under their Display Name. We use the post name or their actual name, if given, to refer to each other.
Yours is "New Guy". But you are The Shop Teacher (Paul).
