# Man Builds Full Scale McLaren F1 out of Matchsticks
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-builds-full-scale-mclaren-f1-out-of-matchsticks/195531
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**Created:** [February 15, 2008, 12:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-builds-full-scale-mclaren-f1-out-of-matchsticks/195531 "2008-02-15T12:26:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@yamaha](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamaha)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2008, 12:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-builds-full-scale-mclaren-f1-out-of-matchsticks/195531/1 "2008-02-15T12:26:09Z")
> **[Man Builds Full Scale Mercedes F1 From 956,000 Matchsticks](https://jalopnik.com/355967/man-builds-full-scale-mercedes-f1-from-956000-matchsticks)**
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> Michael Arndt is a man of matchsticks. Over the course of six years, using 956,000 matchsticks, 1686 tubes of glue, and at least three different varieties of mustache, he built a full-scale replica of a McLaren 4/14 F1 car, at a cost of around 6000...
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### Author:  [@SoLow](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SoLow)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2008, 12:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-builds-full-scale-mclaren-f1-out-of-matchsticks/195531/2 "2008-02-15T12:31:36Z")
wow…some1 had alot of free time
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### Author:  [@flyinglow57](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/flyinglow57)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2008, 1:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-builds-full-scale-mclaren-f1-out-of-matchsticks/195531/3 "2008-02-15T13:20:36Z")
match stick conventions.
one work comes to mind.
LOSER
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### Author:  [@berad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/berad)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2008, 1:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-builds-full-scale-mclaren-f1-out-of-matchsticks/195531/4 "2008-02-15T13:29:20Z")
> [@Engine break in tune goes 11.4](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/engine-break-in-tune-goes-11-4/34926/37):
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> wow…some1 had alot of free time
I’m suprised you don’t have the entire 2008 GM fleet completed yet. wtf.
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### Author:  [@SmokinDiesel](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SmokinDiesel)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2008, 1:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-builds-full-scale-mclaren-f1-out-of-matchsticks/195531/5 "2008-02-15T13:29:53Z")
Wow …
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### Author:  [@Quik83Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Quik83Z)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2008, 2:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-builds-full-scale-mclaren-f1-out-of-matchsticks/195531/6 "2008-02-15T14:34:08Z")
What a Retard…
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### Author:  [@Zack01GC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zack01GC)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2008, 5:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-builds-full-scale-mclaren-f1-out-of-matchsticks/195531/7 "2008-02-15T17:50:04Z")
I wish I had much free that much free time
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### Author:  [@imported\_Jon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_Jon)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2008, 9:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-builds-full-scale-mclaren-f1-out-of-matchsticks/195531/8 "2008-02-15T21:45:09Z")
That much free time and however much 6000 euros to waste on it would be…
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### Author:  [@Orr89rocz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Orr89rocz)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2008, 9:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-builds-full-scale-mclaren-f1-out-of-matchsticks/195531/9 "2008-02-15T21:49:02Z")
wow indeed… i’d build a regular mclaren F1, not the indy style car 🙂
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### Author:  [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2008, 10:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-builds-full-scale-mclaren-f1-out-of-matchsticks/195531/10 "2008-02-15T22:08:54Z")
956,000 Matchsticks. Interesting. that means, by my calculations, a similar model could be constructed with 1,876,337 life sized plastic replica’s of 1320’s penis.
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### Author:  [@1320](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1320)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2008, 6:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-builds-full-scale-mclaren-f1-out-of-matchsticks/195531/11 "2008-02-16T06:01:08Z")
> [@Letchworth Recap: BBQ Photos and more](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/letchworth-recap-bbq-photos-and-more/34774/75):
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> 956,000 Matchsticks. Interesting. that means, by my calculations, a similar model could be constructed with 1,876,337 life sized plastic replica’s of 1320’s penis.
What a waste of 956,000 matchsticks. Just like how people wasted $19,000,000 on Ron Paul. 🤣
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### Author:  [@imported\_gearhead](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_gearhead)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2008, 7:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-builds-full-scale-mclaren-f1-out-of-matchsticks/195531/12 "2008-02-16T07:39:02Z")
something makes me want to set fire to it…
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### Author:  [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2008, 7:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-builds-full-scale-mclaren-f1-out-of-matchsticks/195531/13 "2008-02-16T07:49:36Z")
> [@Rochester, NY (RIT) GTG - SUNDAY @ 6PM](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rochester-ny-rit-gtg-sunday-6pm/34949/6):
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> What a waste of 956,000 matchsticks. Just like how people wasted $19,000,000 on Ron Paul. 🤣
🤣
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### Author:  [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2008, 8:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-builds-full-scale-mclaren-f1-out-of-matchsticks/195531/14 "2008-02-16T08:49:15Z")
> [@$299.00 for the iPhone?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/299-00-for-the-iphone/34923/20):
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> wow indeed… i’d build a regular mclaren F1, not the indy style car 🙂
he didn’t build a McLaren, he built a mercedes F1 car. The starter of this thread is a giant retard.
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### Author:  [@1320](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1320)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2008, 9:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-builds-full-scale-mclaren-f1-out-of-matchsticks/195531/15 "2008-02-16T09:15:53Z")
> [@ls1 build...well kind of](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ls1-build-well-kind-of/34941/17):
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> he didn’t build a McLaren, he built a mercedes F1 car. The starter of this thread is a giant retard.
:hsugh: That sure looks like the McLaren Mercedes MP4-21 F1 car to me.
[ ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mclaren_racing_usgp_2004.jpg)
Maybe the guy can build you a short bus made of matchsticks?
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### Author:  [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2008, 10:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-builds-full-scale-mclaren-f1-out-of-matchsticks/195531/16 "2008-02-16T10:18:49Z")
> [@ls1 build...well kind of](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ls1-build-well-kind-of/34941/19):
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> Maybe the guy can build you a short bus made of matchsticks?
pwned :kekegay:
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### Author:  [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2008, 11:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-builds-full-scale-mclaren-f1-out-of-matchsticks/195531/17 "2008-02-16T11:43:18Z")
me= :owned: ☹
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### Author:  [@1320](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1320)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2008, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-builds-full-scale-mclaren-f1-out-of-matchsticks/195531/18 "2008-02-16T12:29:43Z")
> [@New blood](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-blood/34952/3):
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> me= :owned: ☹
It happens. You just got it confused with this:
> **[McLaren F1 | FantasyCars](https://www.fantasycars.com/McLaren_F1/mclaren_f1.html)**
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> McLaren F1 in FantasyCars. The most complete guide to McLaren F1 with McLaren F1 reviews, McLaren F1 photos & McLaren F1 technical data in FantasyCars.
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### Author:  [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2008, 4:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-builds-full-scale-mclaren-f1-out-of-matchsticks/195531/19 "2008-02-16T16:49:33Z")
> [@\*\*\*\*\*Official: Mighty Meet Thread\*\*\*\*\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-mighty-meet-thread/10918/2474):
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> It happens. You just got it confused with this:
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> [McLaren F1 | FantasyCars](http://www.fantasycars.com/McLaren_F1/mclaren_f1.html)
I read the title of the story “[Man Builds Full Scale Mercedes F1 From 956,000 Matchsticks](http://jalopnik.com/355967/man-builds-full-scale-mercedes-f1-from-956000-matchsticks)” and then I hear people throw around mclaren f1, it is not a mclaren f1. I never knew mclaren and mercedes were together.
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### Author:  [@1320](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1320)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2008, 6:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-builds-full-scale-mclaren-f1-out-of-matchsticks/195531/20 "2008-02-16T18:11:43Z")
> [@77rednecktruck"](#):
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> I read the title of the story “[Man Builds Full Scale Mercedes F1 From 956,000 Matchsticks](http://jalopnik.com/355967/man-builds-full-scale-mercedes-f1-from-956000-matchsticks)” and then I hear people throw around mclaren f1, it is not a mclaren f1. I never knew mclaren and mercedes were together.
Not 100% sure on this one, but I don’t think Mclaren builds engines. They just build the actual racecar. I know for sure there have been Mclaren cars powered by BMW, Ford, cosworth, porsche, honda and mercedes.
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