Patrick Acton takes on famous things around the world……

His rendition of the Notre Dame in Paris is complete with signature matchstick flying buttresses and steeple:

Patrick Acton has used thousands of matchsticks to create an epic rendition of Harry Potter’s Hogwarts School:

The United States Capitol Building is also represented, using 500,000 matchsticks to create the complex dome:

 

Iconic landmark: Mr Acton's model of  Capitol Hill in Washington took 478,000 matchsticks to make

Aside from architecture, the artist has honed his skills to replicate the space shuttle, The Challenger, which rises over five feet tall:

Painstaking precision: Matchstick model of the Space Shuttle Challenger

Memorial: Mr Acton has dedicated his model of the Space Shuttle Challenger to the seven crew killed on board

J.R.R. Tolkien’s Minas Tirith – The Great White City: 420,000 matchsticks:

USS Iowa; 137,000 matchsticks:

 

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