Prime mover with a Twist.....

Well since your here you may aswell look at it. Some of you didn't believe and some were curious so here it is, well the begining of it anyways.


Ok so its not much but its actually exciting to build with a different medium.

now that's some thing diffrent,I built ships years go out of matchs

wow this will be interesting to woch

Apparently these kits are no longer available but my mrs found some on a website she buys stuff from, was only $32 including postage. Its been ok so far, hope it turns out alright as its abit hard to mock it up and check.

Certainly different! I also built a couple of ships out of matches for a friend....and I enjoyed it also.

Keep ti comin' OZ!

Okay.... am feelin a bit ancient , I remember a school project circa 1972 where we had to spend weeks and weeks collecting USED matches to glue em onto a sheet of masonite to make a breakfast tray for me Mums Birthday Prezzy. and Now you buy NEW matches in Kits?????
Mind you it was fun testing the limits of the bond strength of PVA Glue. mmmmmmmmmm painful memory, dont put it in hair, especially other peoples

Should be a good build mate im wotchin

Achtung, ein Grosser Sattelschlepper.

Sounds so much better than Big Rig doesn't it?

This will either inspire you or put you off matchstick models forever. Here's a 1:1 scale Mercedes McLaren F1 built entirely from matchsticks.



Took the guy six years to complete it. Here's his website if you want to see more pics:
http://www.bornrich.org/entry/a-man-builds-unique-full-scale-mercedes-using-956000-matchsticks/

Looking forward to seeing your finished build.

Needed something like this to fire up the barbie Very interesting Oz

Wow! I wonder how many mtchsticks were used?

Mustang_67 wrote:Wow! I wonder how many mtchsticks were used?

According to his website; 956,000 matches and 1,680 tubes of glue.

Sorry to hijack your thread ozbuilder - this ends now!

Ok back to your thread OZbuilder

Ha ha dont be shy boys, well the truck is definately not 1:1 but it is a small pain in the butt right now cause as you can imagine the sticks aren't the straightest or even consistent but i'll get around/ over it.

Tezza, I just being a little cruel! Oz ,is taking on a huge challenge here ,as this rig looks as if its going to need a lot of patience to complete. I,d be using 5-minute araldite instead of PVA glue. Keep watching , its a bit different.
Cheers Ron

And here I thought a 3-D puzzle was hard....

a 3D puzzle is a piece of piss compared to this thing, tonight and tomorrow will tell what happens when i start the whole 3D assembly... cross fingers, toes, legs and nuts......