Haunted Dimensions Psychoscareapy2.0 (Shadybrook Sanitarium) Paper Model Kit - Pt 3

The Shaddybrook Sanitarium (Asylum? Looney Bin? Nut House?) is progressing well. There's a lot of bracing in those walls and it took days to get it done. Well okay, it didn't actually take days to do it all but after all I do have a job, a family to deal with, and some health issues that took the wind out of my sails. That means that I don't go out in The Cave every day to work on things, and when I do go it may only be for minor activities. All that being said, at this point the building looks good enough to display but really, there's a bunch of stuff that still needs to be done. Enjoy! Opa Fritz

Ray Keim's Haunted Dimensions Psychoscareapy2.0 (Shadybrook Sanitarium) Paper Model Kit - Pt 2

Okay, just to prove I'm not some kind of master modeler LOL here's what all that bracing looks like after it's been put in place. I'm not at all worried about exact fits but there has to be enough bracing such that this thing won't easily crumple under a little-bit-too-aggrssive grab when placing it at any location on the layout or when it it gets placed in the storage drawer. You can see that the facade looks just fine and quite serviceable. The rear of the building, ummmm, not so much. I'll post more pics of that on a later post. Enjoy! Opa Fritz 

Ray Keim's Haunted Dimensions Psychoscareapy2.0 (Shadybrook Sanitarium) Paper Model Kit - Pt 1

Halloween really did take a back seat here the last few years - at least as the blog is concerned. I don't even remember the last paper building kit project I did. Wellll, this year was time to get back in the saddle and at least try another kit. This one is from Ray Keim's Haunted Dimensions website. it - like all his kits - are free downloads and are excllent additions to any Halloween village when finished. What I do for all of my paper kits is to brace them thoroughly with stripwood (either bals or basswood - both work well enough for me). The bracing itself doesn't have to be exact exact, just mostly exact Huh? In other words, monor gaps are okay. The goal is to have so much bracing that your kits will stand up to a fair amount of wear and tear without getting all bent out of shape. Enjoy! Opa Fritz

Here's the intial start of the project and the progress as of 6 Oct