Eiffel Tower Model

Eiffel tower model builder Alexandr Pashkevich used over 7,000 matches to build this beautiful 1 meter high structure.

The Eiffel tower model is well lit with a number of working LED lights.

The Eiffel tower model is an incredible replication of the real Eiffel tower built in France and named after it’s designer Gustave Eiffel and is still to this day the tallest building in Paris. It is over 1,000ft high which is equivalent to an 81 floor building. When it was built in 1889 it was the tallest building in the world.

Amazingly the tower can sway up to 7cm because of the wind and can actually move 18cms because of heat expansion caused by the sun.

It weighs over 17,000 tonnes in total and every 7 years they add another 50 to 60 tonnes of paint to make it look nice and protect it from rusting.

Originally the building was only given a permit to stand for 20 years, but because the tower offered great communication opportunities during the war it came to be seen as a major part of the war success effort and the people fell in love with it.

Thank you to pjlighthouse for the original story and photos.

The Eiffel tower model is a wonderful example of the admiration that has been given to the tower and recently in 2002 it celebrated it’s 200,000,000 visitor. The beauty of the tower has dramatically been captured by this very unique Eiffel Tower Model

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Bears Masks

Bears Masks come in all different shapes and sizes and they are used for all different things from kids party games to spiritual rituals with different sects and religions.

Bears masks have been used for centuries by Indians and and even cannibalistic groups performing all different types of rituals, but today we are not going to look at anything so bizarre.

I though I would show you some unique matchstick kit bears masks that are really quite amazing and probably took a long time to put together.

These bears masks are quite unique and I have not seen many other types of masks. If you come across any more, please let me know and I will add them.

Using matchsticks this way is completely different from anything I have shown you so far. These matchstick kits have their colorful heads on and therefore make them potentially dangerous. If they ignite for any reason you could be burning the house down.

I really like the 3d element to these bears masks and I will probably have a go at making some of these myself in the future and then possible sell them here on my site.

I hope you enjoy this site and let me know if there is anything you would like to see on the site and I will see if I can find it in addition to these bears masks.

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