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18th February 2008, 02:21 PM #1
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Matchbox VAROOM
My matchbox car is solid, but she doesn't wheely go that fast
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This is a sight that will light up the faces of Formula One fans - a fullscale model of a championshipwinning McLaren Mercedes made out of 956,000 matches.
Behind the wheel is Michael Arndt, who spent six and a half years and £4,500 building the car in his aunt's kitchen. He also used 1,686 tubes of glue.
The 40-year-old civil servant calculated the true size of the Mercedes MP 4/14 using a 1:18 model of the car driven by Mika Hakkinen in the 1999 season.
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Top gear: Micheal Arndt sits behind the wheel of his car made completely out of matches.
Each match had its head removed and was then cut to precision length using a fine blade and a guide rule.
This allowed Mr Arndt, from Hanover, Germany, to recreate the design in incredible detail - from the wheel suspension to adjustable mirrors.
The model can be split into 45 pieces for easy transport to matchstick conventions.
Mr Arndt, whose previous matchstick creations have included a train and his local city hall, said: "The car took a long time to build but I never lost patience.
"I have built it ten layers thick in places so it is strong enough to sit in."
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18th February 2008, 02:49 PM #2
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That guy is a complete idiot...should be more of it!!
peterThe other day I described to my daughter how to find something in the garage by saying "It's right near my big saw". A few minutes later she came back to ask: "Do you mean the black one, the green one, or the blue one?".
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18th February 2008, 04:02 PM #3
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That required
matchless patience!
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18th February 2008, 05:08 PM #4
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...from his aunt!! If only He could use his powers for good!!!
Originally Posted by artme
matchless patience!
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18th February 2008, 05:18 PM #5
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Cor! Strike a light. Wonder what he does with the other hours of his life?
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18th February 2008, 10:54 PM #6
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How does his aunt put up with him building it in the kitchen
at least SWMBO banishes me to the shed ... unless I have to wipe up
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19th February 2008, 11:44 AM #7
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Maybe his next project could be a matchstick shed? Or he's waiting for his aunt to say"OK YOU CAN HAVE A SHED".
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19th February 2008, 12:13 PM #8
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19th February 2008, 02:13 PM #9
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I would just like to point out a few things....
1. He built it in his Aunt's kitchen....what did his Aunt do for food over the 6.5 years he took to build the car? Obviously, the £4,500 does not include any of the costs of eating out.
2. "The 40-year-old civil servant"...."in his aunt's kitchen"...this is not a small project by any stretch of the imagination and most large projects undertaken by an individual is done so in a place nice and handy....therefore, this 40 year old civil servant must live with his aunty, so to answer Jerryc's question, "Wonder what he does with the other hours of his life?", nothin'
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19th February 2008, 02:21 PM #10
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Small thought just entered my mind. How does he plan to get it out of the kitchen?
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19th February 2008, 03:50 PM #11
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Jerryc,
hate to point out the obvious, but it does say, "can be split into 45 pieces for easy transport to matchstick conventions"
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19th February 2008, 04:01 PM #12
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My question then is how does he intend to bring the 45 pcs out of the kicthen?hate to point out the obvious, but it does say, "can be split into 45 pieces for easy transport to matchstick conventions"
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hahahaha.... cheers
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19th February 2008, 04:10 PM #13
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I suppose the short answer to getting it out is -----"Carefully" or to make a really terrible pun "Carfully"
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19th February 2008, 04:46 PM #14
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Oh my god!! That means there are more of them? Originally Posted by fletcher
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19th February 2008, 05:09 PM #15
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Originally Posted by tea lady
Thats what my wife said, when she found out about this forum
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
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