Quite right on the second part. My very helpful mother told me to try leaving it open upside-down and that, oddly, seems to be working.
As for the first...I think the smell is getting much better. The previous owner told me she'd never had the lensboard or ground glass off, ever.
The bellows of this camera actually has 2 D-rings. If the inversion therapy doesn't work, I may use the d-rings to pull the bellows up.
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