Polar Lights POL835 Instructions For Assembling

ALL PLASTIC ASSEMBLY KIT
INSTRUCTIONS FOR ASSEMBLING
Wood paneling uses a dry brush of gray over a black base coat.
Fireplace and electric chair have been “weathered” using a dark
brown wash.
Fluorescent yellow and fluorescent orange paint
have been used to add a fiery effect to the flames.
A dry brush of white has been used to highlight the cobwebs.
See image of assembled kit on bottom of box for paint color ideas — or come up with your own!
Assembled Eddie Munster
Assembled Lily Munster
“Home Sweet Home” painting
TV picture
Assembled Herman Munster
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FINAL ASSEMBLY
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PAINTING TIPS
PAINT AND BUILD IN STAGES
Paint individual sub-assemblies, and in some cases, individual parts, before gluing in place. For example, you may wish to glue bat or rat halves together, and then paint this sub-assembly before gluing them in place. You will want to paint the figures before gluing them in place. This method of painting and assembling in stages will allow easier application of paint and produce more desirable results.
PAINT WASH
Consider painting a textured surface, (such as the back wall, floorboards or rug) using a wash. A wash is a thinned-down paint mixture (usually a color slightly darker than the base color) which is applied liberally with a brush. Allow your base color to dry thoroughly before applying a wash. Acrylic paint thins nicely with water. The thinned down paint flows into cracks and crevices, creating a weath- ered and shadowed effect. If you apply too much, the excess wash may be dabbed off using a paper towel or small, soft cloth. You may need to experi­ment a bit to get the right effect.
DRY BRUSH
Dry brushing is another method that works well on textured surfaces. Dry brushing can be used to create highlights on raised areas. For example, consider using a dry brush effect on the cobwebs. As an example, the cobwebs may be painted a base color of gray. After the gray has dried, apply a dry brush of white. To dry brush, lightly dip your brush into the paint, and then run it across a paper towel or other absorbent surface. This will leave only a small amount of paint on the brush. Very lightly brush across the surface of the cobwebs. The raised areas will pick up the paint, creating a highlight effect that emphasizes the texture. Again, this will take some practice to achieve the right effect. Most importantly, remember to just have
fun building and painting your kit!
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Model Kit
POL835
The Munsters is a copyright of Kayro-Vue Productions and a trademark of Universal Studios. Licensed by NBC Universal Television Consumer Products Group 2010 All Rights Reserved. George Barris, Barris Kustom Ind., Dragula are registered trademarks of Barris Kustom Ind. and is used under license to Round 2 LLC. Psycho is a trademark and copyright of Shamley Productions. Licensed by Universal Studios Licensing, LLLP. All rights reserved. ® & © 2010 CBS Studios Inc. STAR TREK and related marks are trademarks of CBS Studios Inc. © 2010 Paramount Pictures Corp. All rights reserved. FORBIDDEN PLANET and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © Turner Entertainment Co. (s10) POLAR LIGHTS is a registered trademark of Learning Curve Brands, Inc. used under license to Round 2, LLC. ©2010 Learning Curve Brands, Inc. All rights reserved. ROUND 2 and design are trademarks of Round 2, LLC. ©2010 Round 2, LLC, South Bend, IN 46628 USA. Product and packaging designed in the USA. Made in China. All rights reserved.
Contents include: All plastic pieces to complete model and pictorial instructions describing assembly. Paint and glue not included. Model shown was assembled and nished by a professional modeler.
Before assembling model, study diagram carefully.
Take time to familiarize yourself with all the parts and their
corresponding part numbers.
Carefully cut the parts from the plastic tree supports and remove any burrs.
Apply cement to inside surfaces only. Avoid getting cement on outer surfaces of model sections.
Use cement very sparingly and avoid getting cement on hands, so as not to mar or smear plastic surfaces.
Do not hurry. Work carefully and patiently.
Before proceeding to cement parts together, it is advisable
to fit parts together dry (without cement) so that you may familiarize yourself with the parts and how they go together, also noting the points where cement is to be applied.
For best results, assemble model exactly in the order indicated.
This kit is molded of styrene plastic – use only
styrene-compatible glues or cements.
For best results, use only high quality paints designed specifically for plastic model kits.
The recommended paint for airbrush application is Badger's Freak Flex; another good choice is Testor's Model Master.
Liquid mask or tape will be helpful in painting detailed areas.
Use small brushes for fine details.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS
Strangely appearing on TV sets, in living rooms across the country one eerie evening in September of 1964, The Munsters were a scream!
Introduced at a time when classic horror characters were in vogue with American audiences, The Munsters celebrated the macabre humor of frightening creatures with wisecracking dialogue, outrageous visual gags and fast motion cinematography. The series revolves around a friendly family of misfit monsters and their misadventures, who never quite seem to realize why people react to them so strangely. The Munsters reside in a spooky, turn of the century, Gothic mansion, located at 1313 Mockingbird Lane in the town of Mockingbird Heights. The home is riddled with smoke and filthy with dust and cobwebs. The use of shadowy photography echoed the expressionistic style of earlier Frankenstein films, helping to emphasize the family's ghoulishness. The location of Mockingbird Heights is not specified in the series, however in later incarnations it is described as a small town outside of Los Angeles, California. In reality, the house was built in 1946 on the Universal Studios backlot where all of the exterior shots were filmed. The interiors were contained entirely on an enclosed sound stage.
The head of the family, kindhearted Herman Munster (Fred Gwynne), is a loving husband, father and funeral parlor employee. Herman bears a close resemblance to the 1930s and 1940s Universal Studios Frankenstein monster, originally portrayed by Boris Karloff. His wife Lily (Yvonne DeCarlo) could be Vampira’s sister, TV's creepy-but-sexy hostess of horror. Lily's father, Grandpa (Al Lewis), is actually
Count Dracula from Transylvania, a 378-year-old mad scientist and vampire. Herman and Lily's son, Eddie (Butch Patrick), looks like a junior wolfman but with a hipster attitude much like Wolfman Jack. The final member of their household is Herman and Lily's niece, Marilyn (played first by Beverly Owen and then by Pat
Priest), who is considered the physically less fortunate member of the family, although she is really a normal, beautiful, blonde, all-American teenage girl. We almost forgot... Spot the family pet, a fire-breathing dragon who lives under the stairs.
The show aired at night once a week in black-and-white for more than 2-years, (70 episodes). It was sadly cancelled in May, 1966 after ratings dropped to an all-time low due to the premiere of Batman, which was in full color. The Munsters series has continued in syndication ever since and is enjoyed by all ages.
Place “Home Sweet Home” painting sticker in picture frame above fireplace.
Place TV picture sticker on front of TV screen.
Cement assembled Eddie to pillow on floor.
Cement assembled Lily to floor section. (Pegs on bottom edge of casket fit into holes in floor).
Cement assembled Herman to floor section. (Pegs on chair base and lower main electrical supply line fit into holes in floor.)
THE MUNSTERS LIVING ROOM
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Lower main electrical supply line
Electric chair right side
Front body half
Back body half
Transformer box
Left and right upper electro-line arms
Upper main electrical
supply line Skull cap halves
Crossed leg halves
Right ankle electro-llne
Right arm halves
Left ankle electro-llne
Left arm halves
Chair base
Chair back
Left shoe halves
Left side panel
Right side panel
Electric chair left side
Right shoe halves
Ankle electrode clamps
Footrest
Ankle electrodes
Belt half with buckle
Belt half
Seat cushion
Front body half
Back body half
Cushioned seat
Casket back rest
Casket side bar handle
Casket side bar handle
Casket end handle
Knitting hands section
Back body half
Front body half
Lower torso section
Crossed legs
Doll’s arm
Doll halves
Grandpa halves
Rat halves
Bat halves
Rabbit halves
Ceiling section
Cobwebs
Cobwebs
Cobwebs
Wall section
Television set
Floor section
Andiron arms
Andiron uprights
Log fire
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Fireplace screen
BEFORE YOU BEGIN...
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BACKGROUND & BASE
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Read General Assembly Instructions on back page and Painting Tips on page 5 for important information before beginning assembly.
This kit includes optional parts molded in glow-in-the-dark plastic. Before assembling kit, take all parts into a darkened room or closet to determine which features to paint and which to leave with ghoulish glow power!
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HERMAN MUNSTER
Cement front body half (#24) and back body half (#23) together.
Cement front (#26) and back (#25) crossed leg halves together. Then cement assembled legs to
assembled body.
Cement left arm halves (#29) and (#30) together. Then cement assembled left arm to body.
Cement right arm halves (#28) and (#27) together. Then cement assembled right arm to
body.
Cement right shoe halves (#45), (#44) and left shoe halves (#47), (#46) together. Then cement
assembled shoes to legs.
Cement assembled Herman to electric chair. Set aside assembled chair and figure to dry.
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THE ELECTRIC CHAIR
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Cement chair back (#13) and seat cushion (#15) between left (#17) and right (#16) electric chair
sides.
Cement upper edge of foot rest (#20) to front underside of seat cushion.
Cement rear bottom edges of electric chair sides down into openings in chair base (#14) so that it sits on an angle.
Cement left (#19) and right (#18) side panels to
chair base.
Cement belt halves (#21) and (#22) to openings in chair arms.
Cement transformer box (#31) to chair back.
Cement lower end of upper main electrical supply line (#43) into transformer box.
Cement left (#41) and right (#40) upper electro-
line arms into position. (Ends cement into holes in upper main electrical supply line and insulators
on chair.)
Cement skull cap halves (#34) and (#33) together. Then cement assembled skull cap to upper main
electrical supply line.
Cement ankle electrodes (#36) and (#35) to holes in foot platform. Then cement ankle electrode
clamps (#38) and (#37) to outer pins on ankle electrodes.
Cement upper end of lower main electrical supply line (#32) into bottom opening of trans­former box.
Push long ends of left (#42) and right (#39) ankle electro-lines through opening between chair base
and seat cushion. Cement ends of line into open­ings on back of foot platform. Now cement remaining ends of ankle electro-lines to openings on lower main electrical supply line (#32).
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LILY MUNSTER
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Cement cushioned seat (#6) to casket back rest (#3).
Cement casket end handle (#48) to top of casket. Then cement casket side bar handles (#49) and (#50) to sides of casket.
Cement back body half (#10) to front body half (#9). Then cement knitting hands section (#11) to body.
Cement assembled Lily to cushioned seat. Set aside this assembly to dry.
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EDDIE MUNSTER
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Cement front (#61) and back (#62) body halves together.
Cement lower torso section (#63) to body. Then cement crossed legs (#64) to lower torso section.
Cement doll halves (#66) and (#65) together. Then cement doll’s arm (#60) to assembled doll.
Cement doll to extended tab on side of Eddie’s body. Set aside to dry.
Cement wall section (#2) to floor s ection (#1). Then cement ceiling section (#4) down into notches of
wall section.
Cement small pegs on ends of andiron arms (#58) and (# 59) into holes in backs of andiron uprights
(#56) and (#57). Then cement other e nds to andiron arms into openings in fireplace bricks.
Cement log fire (#12) into position on andiron arms.
Cement fireplace screen to sides of fireplace.
Cement co bwebs (#71), (#72 ), (# 74) and (#75) into positions indicated above.
Cement rat halves (#70), (#69) and (#68), (#67) together. Then cement rats to floor section.
Cement rabbit halves (#54) and (#5 5) together. Cement assembled rabbit to top of television set (#5). Then cement television set to floor section.
Cement bat halves (#53) and (#5 2) together. Then cement assembled bat into holes in ceiling section.
Cement Grandpa halves (#8) and (#7) together. Then cem ent tab on Grandpa’s feet into notch in beam of ceiling section.
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