I think I can safely say this will be the first time I can legitimately get away with the phrase:
"She's a very well put together lady!"
She went together with care but without any real drama. It was a case of continual dry-fitting and trimming the vinyl from the inside of joints to thin the walls so they sat well together. This was particularly important on the torso joint which is around the chain of the bikini. Some of the links are intended to hang down onto the lower part of the torso so the vinyl there had to be thinned down quite drastically.
The shoulder joints were tricky because once you have the upper torso attached, you've got very little "wiggle" room to get the arms to fit since the hands they attach to are moulded on the thighs! There is a small amount of Mr Dissolved Putty to fill the joints, this was particularly useful as it was possible to drip a tiny amount from a toothpick into the seam and encourage it to spread along the gap before it dried.
Once everything has dried out tomorrow, I'll "prime" her up and then we have the fun of painting - remember, I don't have an
airbrush so this will be a hand job... I mean hand-painted...