During the construction of the International Space Station (ISS), material selection was critical given the extreme environment of space. Chances are that one of those materials up for consideration ...

Dedicated Tim Elkins has finally finished building a scale model of the Titanic made out of 147,000 matchsticks - 15 years after he started. Builder Tim, 42, has slaved away for 3,500 hours erecting ...

Richard Plaud's matchstick dreams have been rekindled. Earlier this week, the Frenchman was crestfallen when he was told his 23-foot model of the Eiffel Tower — made from 700,000 matchsticks over ...

A retired British oil rig worker has claimed the record for creating the world's biggest matchstick model - using four million pieces. David Reynolds, 51, has spent 15 years creating the replica of a ...

A Wiltshire man is on a mission to build the world's biggest matchstick model. Barry King, 49, from Amesbury, has spent six-and-a-half years painstakingly recreating the west front of Salisbury ...