NGC 1194 IS ONE OF THE HARDEST AGN IN THE LOCAL SKY AND A RARE EXAMPLE OF A NEARBY COMPTON-THICK SEYFERT GALAXY. THIS AGN HOUSES A WATER MASER PROVIDING AN INTRIGUING POSSIBLE ORIGIN FOR THE COMPTON THICK GAS. WE REQUEST A JOINT 60 KS NUSTAR/XMM OBSERVATION TO BUILD A MODEL FOR THIS SPECTACULAR AGN. AVAILABILITY OF AN ACCURATE BLACK HOLE MASS AND MASER DISK INCLINATION GIVE A SOLID FRAMEWORK OF SCALE-SIZE EDDINGTON RATIO AND ORIENTATION FOR INTERPRETATION OF THE X-RAY DATA.