Coming in 2008 - 2010!

Minas Tirith! 

The Great White City. . .  City of Kings. . .   Capital of Gondor. . .

Matchstick Marvels will be taking you on another fantastic journey as Acton builds a model of J.R.R. Tolkien's City of Kings from the Lord of the Rings trilogy! Come along for a trip to Middle Earth and its Great White City, Minas Tirith. The fortress city is said to tower 700 feet above the Pelennor Fields in the land of Gondor.

Acton's plans call for one of his biggest and most detailed models yet as he constructs his rendition of the tremendously ancient city that Tolkien says "appears hewn from the rock of Mount Mindolluin" in the White Mountains.  Acton's matchstick version of the seven-level city was started in February of 2007 and will soon be completed. The Minas Tirith model contains hundreds of city buildings and will be topped with the Tree of Gondor and the White Tower of Etchelion.

Visit Matchstick marvels and see the Minas Tirith model after two years of construction. See the 420,000 matchsticks used in construction to date.  Additionally, 22,000 plywood blocks have been used to construct Mount Mindolluin which supports the huge matchstick structure. come see Minas Tirith and follow the gates, ramps, tunnels, and passageways as they ascend the seven levels comprising the city fortress. 

Updates and pictures of Acton's model will be posted on this page as construction continues. 

(Disclaimer:  Matchstick Marvels isnot responsible for injuries suffered from Orcs and Uruk-hia.)

Patrick Acton ... The Matchmaker

April 10, 2009

So many matchsticks!  So little timE!