The Marmo Method Modelbuilding Guide #1: Building The Bates Mansion from Psycho

by Richard Marmo

Overview

This guide details the construction of the 1/87th scale Polar Lights kit of the famous (or infamous) Bates Mansion featured is the classic movie Psycho. Construction techniques for a scratchbuilt hill to mount it on is included.

Learn how to replicate chalky, cracked, weatherbeaten paint. Finally, scenicing/landscaping methods are described that tie everything together.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940044421721
Publisher:	Rincom Productions
Publication date:	04/02/2013
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	571 KB

About the Author

The author is a freelance writer and professional modelbuilder. He has also spent decades researching his family's genealogy. He has written three print books, several hundred articles and created several CD-ROM photo galleries. Along the way, he has produced well over 1,000 models for clients ranging from Aerospace companies to private collectors. A self-described aircraft/science fiction nut...ahem, enthusiast...he will and has built just about anything you care to name, depending on his client's requirements. A native Southerner who was born in Tennessee, he has spent most of his life in Texas (He got there as soon as he could.). He lives in Fort Worth with his wife, Nelda, his dog, Magnum, and more model kits than he'll ever be able to build in this life.