A Harry Potter fan built this model of Hogwarts school - out of 602,000 MATCHSTICKS. 

Patrick Acton, 55, spent more than two years to complete the model. It features all the turrets, walkways and towers seen in the boy wizard films. "I love the books and consider myself a Harry Potter fan," he said.

He is now working on a model of the Minas Tirith fortified city from the Lord of The Rings movies. The Potter model is just one of dozens that Mr Acton has created over the years. 

Among his other creations are matchstick models of the ill-fated space shuttle Challenger, a 12-foot long replica of the US Capitol building in Washington, D.C., that took 478,000 matchsticks to build, and Chartres cathedral in France. He has also made reproductions of the Cutty Sark ship and of animals and children's character, Pinocchio.

Check 'em out! Pretty amazing. 

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