Formula 1 car with 956,000 matchsticks
02-13-2008, 11:28 PM
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Formula 1 car with 956,000 matchsticks
Formula 1 car with 956,000 matchsticks
We all have different ways that we spend our time and money, but probably nothing quite like how Michael Arndt spent 6000 Euros and six years. The matchstick master built a full scale Mercedes-McLaren F1 car in his kitchen using 956,000 matchsticks and 1686 tubes of glue. The car can even be taken apart for easy transportation, which is good since at some point Arndt might want to leave his parent's house. Check out the gallery below to see the incredible detail and some of the building process.
We all have different ways that we spend our time and money, but probably nothing quite like how Michael Arndt spent 6000 Euros and six years. The matchstick master built a full scale Mercedes-McLaren F1 car in his kitchen using 956,000 matchsticks and 1686 tubes of glue. The car can even be taken apart for easy transportation, which is good since at some point Arndt might want to leave his parent's house. Check out the gallery below to see the incredible detail and some of the building process.
02-13-2008, 11:31 PM
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before someone makes a comment about my liking of LEGO .... 
02-13-2008, 11:38 PM
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Originally Posted by trev0006
The car can even be taken apart for easy transportation, which is good since at some point Arndt might want to leave his parent's house.
02-14-2008, 02:06 AM
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6000 Euros (~ $8,700 U.S. dollars), six years, 956,000 matchsticks and 1686 tubes of glue?
02-14-2008, 04:06 AM
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Originally Posted by jz-97-c7
nice work...too bad he's never touched a girl
I wonder if he pays rent? And does he drive? By the look of the house he built that, he is from Germany. Hopefully, this model pays off for him and he can buy a real car.
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02-14-2008, 08:41 AM
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Originally Posted by JJaber06
The best part is he'll never be able to get it out of that room!!!!!!!!!!! hahahahhahahahah
Originally Posted by trev0006
We all have different ways that we spend our time and money, but probably nothing quite like how Michael Arndt spent 6000 Euros and six years. The matchstick master built a full scale Mercedes-McLaren F1 car in his kitchen using 956,000 matchsticks and 1686 tubes of glue. The car can even be taken apart for easy transportation, which is good since at some point Arndt might want to leave his parent's house. Check out the gallery below to see the incredible detail and some of the building process.
02-14-2008, 09:45 AM
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Originally Posted by jz-97-c7
nice work...too bad he's never touched a girl
02-14-2008, 01:33 PM
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Here's why you don't leave your matchstick model next to the room heater..
02-14-2008, 02:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Moog-Type-S
two years ago if that flame was shootin' out the back, then it'd be real life-like. That is badass!!!
02-14-2008, 05:51 PM
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Originally Posted by majin ssj eric
Hate all you want but that thing is cool....
02-15-2008, 12:38 AM
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02-15-2008, 07:44 AM
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I wonder if he sent pics of it to the Ronster/Macca?
02-15-2008, 08:32 AM
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Too much free time on his hands. Seriously, how does one start down that road? How do you tell the wife that what you really want to do with the spare bedroom in the back of the house is to build a model of a Formula 1 car with match sticks? How does she not laugh at this?
02-15-2008, 09:12 AM
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That girl in the pic could be his sister. If not, maybe she's stingy with it, so he has a lot of free time on his hands.
As for why no one laughed...he still lives at home...they probably weren't surprised.
As for why no one laughed...he still lives at home...they probably weren't surprised.
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