Down the Rabbit hole we go

Any suggestions on how to stiffin the joints?? I thought of just vrarnishing the inside of the joint, wait till it dries, and repeat it... So any ideas, please send...

Hi All Macross Toy Noob here... Loved the series way back in the 80s...loved the toys, just wasn't available in my country, or folks coudn't afford it...anycase got the VF-os. Great valk great detail, but transforming this valk, literally took me 30 min the first time...and I thought the toy would be robust and strong, its quit fragile....in my opinion: I bought toynamis 1 to 100 scale hikaru, transformation 2 min tops... stronger than vf-os if dropped...not bad detail at all either...my point is Im quit disapointed with the ease, sorry the lack of transformation of such a big toy, the vf-os is great to leave in a position for 6 months and then chnage for the next 6 months.. I don't know if I'm the only one that feels this way... Question: 1 -how easy is it to transform the vf-1s at 1/48 scale from yamato? 2 -Has The vf-0a improved upon the vf-0s?