{"id":8661,"date":"2019-09-02T15:39:36","date_gmt":"2019-09-02T22:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coreyshead.com\/blog\/?p=8661"},"modified":"2021-08-30T10:51:34","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T17:51:34","slug":"chamber-of-horrors-la-guillotine-model-build-aurora-polar-lights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coreyshead.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/02\/chamber-of-horrors-la-guillotine-model-build-aurora-polar-lights\/","title":{"rendered":"Chamber of Horrors La Guillotine Model Build &#8211; Aurora \/Polar Lights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WBC4ulOt2nc?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Polar Lights reissue of the classic, Aurora models Chamber of Horrors La Guillotine model.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I received this kit, along with two others, as a gift. Of the three kits I received, this was the only one I would have naturally chosen for myself. Consequently, it was also the first completed.<\/p>\n<h2>Modifications To The Kit<\/h2>\n<p>The only real customization I did to this one was to the prisoner&#8217;s neck post for easier and reliable decapitainment.<\/p>\n<p>Too often the blade would come down and -smat!- his head would just hang there above the basket, unimpressed. I swear I also heard the occasional sniggering. <\/p>\n<p>To combat this, I trimmed the neck post down to a little bit more than a nub. Now, the head stays in place fairly well during any light jostling but now tumbles into the basket with delightful predictability at almost every execution. Huzzah!<\/p>\n<p>Another issue the kit faced was binding in the uprights, causing the blade to stick on its journey down towards gory neckville.<\/p>\n<p>I negated this issue by lightly sanding and adding a touch of graphite to the inner track of the uprights. Then I added weighted down the helpfully hollow and conveniently ported blade box with as much birdshot as it would hold. <\/p>\n<p>Zap &#8211; my problems were solved&#8230; but the poor prisoner&#8217;s were only beginning.<\/p>\n<h2>Chamber of Horrors La Guillotine<\/h2>\n<p>La Guillotine is a fun and simple kit to build with lots of great play action once you&#8217;re done. My only disappointment was that it&#8217;s not quite the same scale as my Monster Scenes kits. Otherwise it would fit right in!<\/p>\n<p>This kit, which was a reissue, is currently out of print, to my knowledge. It looks like <a href=\"https:\/\/round2corp.com\/polar-lights\/\">Round2<\/a> might have the license as they snapped up Polar Lights.<\/p>\n<p>In any case, it&#8217;s a great, vintage kit. 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