A former banker has devoted his retirement to creating reproduction matchstick fashions of Ayrshire buildings.
In June, Jim Miller accomplished his a hundredth creation and his one hundred and first is able to be handed over in August.
The unbelievable milestone consists of over 80 buildings right here in Ayrshire, with the bulk being church buildings.
With a mean of 14,000 matchsticks used per construct it is estimated he is used round 1.4 million matchsticks over the 27 years he is been doing it.
A painstaking interest first picked up in 1995, the Kilwinning man says his a hundredth has a really particular that means behind it.
Jim stated: "I simply completed my one hundred and first mannequin of the Neilston church and I am set to current it to the church in August.
"However my a hundredth, which was introduced in June, of Fettercairn was a really particular construct for me.
"I am pals with the Rev. Douglas Lamb who was the minister of Dalry since 1974 to 2002 and Douglas known as me a couple of years in the past asking for me to construct a mannequin of Fettercairn however sadly Covid hit and delayed every little thing.
"Then, my spouse and I went to Fettercairn in Aberdeenshire final August to take measurements and images and it took till February for me to complete it.
"It felt nice to lastly hand it over after so a few years of delay to my pal.
"Fettercairn was extra intricate than another builds, I might estimate round 14,000 matchsticks and 6 months went into the construction."
Jim admits his favorite mannequin was in-built 1998 and is St Margaret's in Dalry the place he was christened and married to his spouse Janet.
He added: "And my one hundred and first of Neilston took about three months to complete.
"All through the years, the entire congregations I've constructed fashions for have been very grateful to have their place of worship recreated.
"One thing so simple as a matchstick, a ineffective piece of wooden which you can't even mild a candle with as a result of there is not any head, may be was an exquisite rendering of locations of worship."
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