hurrah!
both the shoulders are now fixed and contain one contraction each. the contractions only helped a little bit, but they helped, so the taking apart and putting back together was worth it. I started putting the zipper on the back today. I'll treat it and take some photos of that part tomorrow. I also added an inch to each arm and half an inch to the front. and I scratched my 30 scales today, dipped 60 more in asphaltum. well, I guess I got a lot done today! too bad I can't say the same for my homework x_x