Match sticks - An untapped resource?

vendredi 17 octobre 2014

I was sent an email with this today. I thought it might be of interest to the model makers.

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79-year-old Phil Warren from the UK spent 62 years to build this incredible fleet of 432 ships. All vessels are built entirely of matchsticks and boxes of wooden matches. The collection includes nearly 370 American and 60 British ships.

Although now 79 years of age, he began creating his first boat in 1948, when he was only 17. He uses a razor blade, tweezers and sandpaper to carve

the pieces and boxes, then assembles them with balsa wood glue. In total more than 650,000 matchsticks are used to create an amazing collection of

1:300 scale models. Even 1200 aircraft made even more realistic appearance to dress the decks of aircraft carriers.

Regards

Paul

The format is a bit weird so I have posted the pix separately

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