“Acton’s
plans call for his biggest and most detailed model yet as he constructs
a model 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. The Minas Tirith model will contain hundreds
of city buildings and will be topped with the Tree of Gondor
and the White Tower of Etchelion. “

From his website, “Iowa artist
Patrick Acton turns ordinary wooden matchsticks into incredible works
of art. The Matchstick Marvels display is wood art at its best,
showing creativity and detail work unmatched by other skilled woodworkers.
Millions of matchsticks have been painstakingly glued together to
represent scaled models of life-like sculptures, intricate machines,
and world renown architecture.”

View more pix here
http://www.matchstickmarvels.com/Comingin2009.htm