15 Awesome Matchstick Models

Check out these matchstick creations from people who have far too much time on their hands!

1. Mclaren F1

matchstick-car

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2. Minis Tirith – LOTR

mini-tirith

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3. Oil Rig

oil-rig

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4. Harry Potter Hogwarts

Hogwartsweb

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5. Gorilla

Gorilla

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6. Horse

MatchstkHorrseLg

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7. Buddha

match-stick-buddah

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8. Ukulele

matchstick-ukulele

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9. Tower Bridge

matchstick-tower-bridge_5906

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10. Fairground

matchstick-fairground

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11. Polar Bear

polar-bear

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12. Apache Helicopter

apache-helicopter

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13. Capitol Building

white-house

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14. Elvis

matchelvis

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15. Challenger Shuttle

matchstick-challenger-shuttle

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36 Responses to “15 Awesome Matchstick Models”

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  1. Pat912 says:

    #13 is the capitol building you dumbass. I certainly hope this website is not run by americans.

  2. Pat912 says:

    go ahead and moderate my comments. thats why you dont have any posted right? because everyone is calling you on your bullshit? If you are an american have a little PRIDE! Know your gov. buildings

  3. sally says:

    number 13 is not the white house, in fact i’m pretty sure it’s the capital building. but i’m positive that it’s not the whitehouse

  4. beccarulz! says:

    sallyz right, that’s the us capital building

  5. someguy says:

    13. Whitehouse = FAIL.
    That’s the Capitol Building idiots.

  6. admin says:

    Sorry – my mistake!

    I am British and thought it looked like the whitehouse. Thanks for pointing it out!

  7. natalie says:

    lol apologies for not recognising every american building ever created!

  8. Teresa says:

    I think everything looks cool!

  9. Mama Lynn says:

    David Mach made the coolest matchstick masks ever, really fine art, far more refined than the cruder masks shown here. And he’s made stuff out of everything imaginable, from box cars to phone booths.

  10. Anonymous says:

    hi

  11. Zane says:

    Its okay admin, Every thing looks good.

  12. kitiara13 says:

    easy on the admin folks. give peace a chance. nice work man,

  13. Sam i AM says:

    what if some dummy lite just one of those matches ?

  14. kristian says:

    This is pure talent amazing work

  15. adrian says:

    Wow! True testimony that patience is a virtue! Good work!

  16. Anonymous says:

    7 is NOT Buddha.

  17. Anonymous says:

    It would be quite the nightmare if someone sparked up near them XD

  18. wink says:

    pictures of matchstick man and me …….there are also some incredible Ricesculptors ……

  19. Anonymous says:

    …And #1 is not a mclaren f1. Dammit, you’re a brit, you should know better.

    That could be an f1 car. It could even be built by mclaren. But it is not a mclaren f1

  20. Detective Dave Division says:

    Hey, I wonder what they could construct using bic lighters as an alternative to matches. I knew a guy once who turned old Ukulele’s into matches, during the depression when there was a glut of Ukuleles, but no-one ever had a light. . He tried it with banjos but was stopped by the American Society of Primative American String Instruments AMSPASI. Years of Court proceedings followed. He went to the chair in Frisco in “63. Nice guy, though. Good dancer. Never wore a hat.

    By the way, what do you reckon their girlfriends are getting up to whilst the boffin nerd boyfriends are spending twenty two hours a day of their lives in the shed, stickin’ together boxes of matches into bigger bits of wood that resemble the freaking Mona Lisa? Betcha the place is a hot-bed of servicemen and repairmen arriving at two-hour intervals.
    A lot of these guys have very limited careers however, regardless of their talent or “gift”, because when it comes down to it they’re just glue sniffers who’ll be selling you kitsch matchstick “art” today, but then stealing the car you were hoping to take it home in, nine months down the track, a buyer already lined-up. And let’s face it, drug addicts can be a bit unreliable. He may not bring your car back. I lent $50 to a nice young man, very itchy arms, Bob, his name was, in March in Time Square. He promised to give it back at 9.30 sharp next morning but didn’t arrive at the designated spot. I hope he’s alright.

    So, well, there you go. I’ve pretty much got that off my chest.

  21. Detective Tony McDanza says:

    Yeah, I knew an old lady once who was so poor she put herself up for auction on Ebay. There were no bids at first so she decided to put in a false bid to try and get things moving along. Having no idea that her sneaky little bid on herself would bring down the state-wide shit-storm that it did, she inoccently placed a bid of $12.75, pick-up only, then had a nice cup of tea and a lie down. The FBI are generally the organization who handle these kinds of situations. Local guys might be doing some onsite pre-lim co-ordination, but when the Feds take over and some wisecracking Agent throws dirt in the face of the respected, uniformed patrol in command, you know it’s a bad day to be an old lady with okay computer skills. Turns out she had 30 lb of plastic explosive stowed in her mobility car. Took out a whole city block.
    She loved puppies too….

  22. Brecia Rife says:

    Ok, the Challenger model was just plain COOL!

  23. keith says:

    stupid americans. i bet most of them won’t even know something like the house of lords of the great wall when they see it.. yet they jump all over someone for not knowing the whitehouse. stupid idiots.

  24. I didn't know it was the capitol building... says:

    …and I don’t give a sh*t either.

  25. Norm says:

    I think it’s fantastic and am not at all offended that you didn’t know it was the Capitol Building. I don’t know every monument in London, so why would you know every monument here? Thanks for sharing it!

  26. Mro says:

    Lets light a match :)

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