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  • The Matchstick Fleet.

    Hi all, I recieved this today via friends of the ship and thought it was just too cool not to share.

    79-year-old Phil Warren from the UK spent 62 years to build this incredible fleet of 432 ships and 1200 aircraft, all built entirely of matchsticks and their wooden boxes. The collection includes 370 U.S. and 60 British ships and their associated aircraft.

    Now 79 years of age, he began creating his first boat in 1948 when he was 17. He uses a razor blade, tweezers, sandpaper and glue. He has used more than 650,000 matchsticks to create this amazing collection of 1:300 scale models.
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    Fortitude.....The strength to persist...The courage to endure.

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    More.....
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    Fortitude.....The strength to persist...The courage to endure.

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    • #3
      Too cool. I can't even imagine the precision and patience involved in doing this. Major props to this guy.

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      • #4
        Now that's way way cool. Cheers for sharing Dreadnought!

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        • #5
          wow, not everything something this cool pops up at WAB
          “the misery of being exploited by capitalists is nothing compared to the misery of not being exploited at all” -- Joan Robinson

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          • #6
            Dude must have LOADS of time on his hands...
            Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.

            Abusing Yellow is meant to be a labor of love, not something you sell to the highest bidder.

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            • #7
              Whoaa! Impressive!

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              • #8
                This dude beats Builder 2010's patience. :wors::wors::wors:
                No such thing as a good tax - Churchill

                To make mistakes is human. To blame someone else for your mistake, is strategic.

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                • #9
                  Sure does! I have AMS (Advanced Modeler's Syndrome), but before it ever gets even one spec closer to that, she'd have me committed to the Home for the Terminally Obsessed.

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