Halloween - Michael Myers

     As some of you probably know, “Halloween” was a ground breaking horror flick from1978 directed and scored by John Carpenter which essentially was a springboard for his career in film. Since its release, many of the senseless teen slaughter flicks such as “Friday the 13th”,Nightmare On Elm Street” along with their seeming endless sequels and imitators have slashed their way across cinema screens for decades. I must admit that I found “Halloween” an interesting entry into the horror genre but I soon grew tired of its unoriginal clones.

     This Moebius Model kit has 40 parts (including the LED light assembly) molded in a light gray plastic. Assembly was pretty straightforward although I found the quality average as compared to other Moebius kits I have built.The kit's seam lines were quite obvious and abundant. Also, I found that 90% of the pins used to hold the model together were too largefor their corresponding holes which I had to drill out for them to fit. Not a big deal in itself but more of an annoyance than anything else.  

     I pretty much followed the suggested color scheme the instructions provided although I ended up painting the the porch floor and part of ther ailings burnt sienna though any color could be used I suppose. I used a black wash to bring out the wood grain detail on the horizontal wood surfaces.    

     I dove into my model railroad scenery stash and fashioned two small bushes out of Woodland Scenics tree armatures and shredded green foam and placed them on either side of the steps.

     I managed to lose the mail box to be mounted on the right side of the porch post but I quickly made a replacement out of a small