The alignment of the very last roof section proved nearly impossible to position correctly on all four sides. The most difficult part of assembly came at the very end when I attached the Mansard roof sections. I left the roof sections off until the end of the project – that made it easier to install the window inserts after painting. When a subassembly was completely formed, I allowed the cement to dry, then removed it from the base to fill the seams completely and fortify the joint. I placed the walls on the base dry, and when I had a good fit I applied liquid cement to the seams. I found that to be excellent advice, and I would encourage you to do so as well. It ensures everything goes together square. The instructions recommend using the foundation base as a jig when putting together the various subassemblies that make up the body of the house. I painted the parts before assembly (more on that in a moment). I followed the assembly sequence as called for in the instructions. The appearance in the entire structure is consistent throughout. While there is no actual structure to make a back on the prop house, the kit does contain a rear structure. I looked on the web for further information on the house and found reasonable amounts of the detail on the original prop house to be present in the kit. The kit parts are all molded very well, and have a good level of detail present. A sheet of pre-printed window inserts and an instruction sheet completes the contents of the box. The 1/87 (HO) scale kit is molded in light tan plastic, and has approximately 70 plastic parts. Lately, it’s been used in the TV show Desperate Housewives with a few new modifications so as to not look so Munster-ish. It also was in a few episodes of Leave it to Beaver before its most famous residents moved in. It had been moved a few times from its original site, and appeared in the movies The Brass Bottle, The Burbs, and Dragnet. The TV house, which is really only a steel-framed front, was originally built for the movie So Goes My Love in 1946 by Universal Studios. The architecture was mostly Gothic, with hints of Victorian included, and a little Haunted House thrown in for good measure! The house they lived in was an amazing place of dungeons, secret passages, and cob webs galore. Just your typical all-American family, who came from Transylvania, and who also just happened to be Frankenstein and The Bride of Frankenstein! The rest of the family had Count Dracula as the slightly off-kilter Grandpa a prepubescent wolf boy named Eddie who slept in a cupboard and one out-of-place niece, the beautiful Marilyn. To reserve your place, you can contact them at their email address.I remember when The Munsters were first introduced to us. Guests must be 21-years old or older and don a costume. The dinners include a 40-minute tour of the mansion, followed by a three-hour murder mystery complimented with wine and hors d’oeuvres. The Munster Mansion also hosts monthly Murder Mystery Dinners – the next one, Mardi Gras-themed, scheduled for the night of May 22, 2021. Photo credit via Munster Mansion Facebook Tours of the mansion start at $120 for groups of four, with each additional guest to the group costing $30 a head. From the cobwebs shrouding a Victorian-era piano, to the trapdoor in the staircase, to the secret room behind the bookshelf, to the coffin on wheels parked out front, the McKee’s mansion is a must-visit for horror fans. The house was completely designed by the use of the show footage.” Photo credit via Munster Mansion FacebookĮven if you’ve never seen the show, the Munster Mansion is truly a sight to behold. “It was a challenging project, as there were no plans or blueprints to go by. This is a living work as each year more detail is added, and more items collected to make this as exact as it can be,” the mansion’s website reads. “Many pieces in the house are from the show or exact matches of items from the show. Perhaps leading that cult, are Sandra and Charles McKee, who’ve built a painstakingly accurate recreation of the mansion out of their home in the town of Waxahachie, Texas. The show only ran for two seasons but instantly garnered a cult following.
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