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I covered the mesh with Plaster Of Paris to form the hillsides and cliffs all around the house. Once that dried, I painted the entire base
dark flat green. I put two trees in and covered the entire base with grass and dirt scenic powder that I got at my local hobby shop. I put a few bushes, fallen leaves and some overgrown grass on there as well.
After it was done, I realized that Mother had no one to look at. So, back to the hobby shop I went and bought a small box of assorted HO scale people. I found a perfect one of a man with his hands on his
hips (just like in Psycho 2) and put him in front of Mother's window, so that when her light is on, it shines right down of him. I also bought at a craft store, a small bag of beads and painted 2 of them a cement
color for flower pots to put on the steps. Nice little touch.
Now the way the model has to sit on this display, it leaves a lot of empty
space on one side. A lot of boring grass to look at. Then I got the
idea to build a swamp in that empty corner and have a car sinking in it like it did in the movie. So, back once again to the hobby store to buy some scenery water and an HO scale car. The final touch was to make a
license plate with the initials A.H. on it. My little homage to the great director of this film.
Ken Meekins
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