You do not need to and should not use force for any part of the 1/48 transformation.
When swinging (I prefer the term pivoting) the arms from fighter to Gerwalk mode, there is a stop point halfway. You need to slightly pull the shoulder joint upwards, in order to be able to push them past the stop point.
Graham
thks for the reply graham...
as for the pivot point do u mean that SOLE single tiny piece of rod that holds the swinging arm joint to the plane?
u mean i can pull the joint upwards to push them past the stop point w/o breaking that small rod at the pivot point?it sure looks very breakable to me....i better be super careful when i attempt to transform to other modes...meanwhile it stays in gerwalk....
one hell of a masterpiece of a toy