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Hobbies
I started making matchstick models when I was the Local assistant at Point of Ayre,in many ways an ideal hobby as you glue relatively small sections before finally assembling the whole model.
So you could easily work on small sections and still fit in,winding the machine up,weather reports,etc.
The first model that I built,so I followed the plans and instructions,later models incorporated some of my own ideas
Matchstick Fairground Traction Engine
Length 13 inches (33 cm)
Matchstick Windmill
Height 21 inches (53 cm)
The windmill sails are motorised so I used a metal axle otherwise the construction is all matchstick
Matchstick Hansom Cab
Length 17 inches (44 cm)
Matchstick Omnibus
Length 17 inches (44 cm)
June 2006 I bought the kit for the Rocker Horse,since that turned out quite well I used my own design to build the horse to go with the Hansom Cab.
Matchstick Rocker Horse __________-________Matchstick Horse_______
Length 11 inches (28cm)____________________Length 9 inches (23cm)
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Matchstick Hansom Cab with Horse
The following matchstick models are my own design
Prototype Matchstick Landrover-2006
Length 9 inches (23cm)
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Matchstick model based on Landrover-2007
Length 9 inches (23cm)
Model Dump Truck based on Caterpillar 797
Length 10 inches (25cm)
Full size Height 7.5 meters,Tyres 3.6 meters in diameter
My daughter wanted to build a matchstick plane,so this model based on the De Havilland "Venom" was built as a concept plane and seems to work
Matchstick Plane
Wingspan 8 inches (20 cms)
Matchstick plane based on Sopworth Camel
Wingspan 10½ inches (27 cms)
The boat below is a wooden plank on frame model,over thirty years ago a friend had cut out a couple of the frames and decided it was not his ideal hobby and gave it to me.I built it as a non-working model and it sat around until 2005 when I installed a motor and radio control,so it now goes for the occasional sail on the local lake.
Model Fishing Boat
Length 26 inches (66 cm)
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