ok, so as I posted on another thread, my neck join is NOT tight enough so I can lift the body up by the neck pre-gluing.
but the gap is teeeeeensy, so I wanted to get some advice.
this is with the neck in place and me pushing it as hard as I can away - to make the gap you're seeing as big as possible:
and here is the other side, me pulling the neck towards me, again to make the gap as big as possible:
and if I put the neck in, then slide it away from the body by less than half an inch, I can now pick up the body:
my feeling is that it will glue up just fine, but I really need some advice on this.