Patrick Acton, 59, used 298,000 matchsticks and a whopping 55 litres of wood glue to assemble the 7.5ft long by 5ft high (2.3m x structure. He spent 2,000 hours on the piece, but he can take solace in ...

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A grandad-of-six has whiled away the hours of the pandemic by making matchstick model buildings and artefacts at his home. Giovanni Pellegrini, 81, from Shard End, said it has given him comfort during ...

And when he moved to Sprowston in 2006, he graduated from plastic planes to matchstick modelling. 'I started making plastic models when I was a teenager, because they were easy to get and cheap to buy ...

Each ship is built with around 40,000 matchsticks and waxed crochet cotton to create rigging David Reynolds knows a thing or two about making matchstick models. The retired oil rig worker, from ...

A former firefighter has created a model of York Minster out of 80,000 matchsticks. Clive Holmes, 87, spent two years fashioning his 6ft (1.8m) long creation, which was inspired by his granddaughter ...

A former banker has dedicated his retirement to creating replica matchstick models of Ayrshire buildings. In June, Jim Miller completed his 100th creation and his 101st is ready to be handed over in ...

Norman Dawson worked on his models in his living room A plane enthusiast has spent more than two years creating matchstick models of a Concorde and a Boeing 747. Norman Dawson, a former British ...

A creative pensioner has built matchstick models of famous landmarks from across the globe, including Tower Bridge, Notre Dame and the Statue of Liberty. Derrick, 87, from Sheffield, has spent ...

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David Reynolds knows a thing or two about making matchstick models. The retired oil rig worker, from Swaythling in Southampton, has got through about six million matchsticks after taking up the hobby ...