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Biggest Small Navy in the World...
Reaganite Republican ^
| January 17, 2012
| Reaganite Republican
Posted on 01/17/2012 1:18:51 AM PST by Reaganite Republican
Brit Phil Warren took 63 years to build this incredible fleet of 432 ships in exacting 1:300 scale- and check this out: every last one of them is built entirely from matchsticks and matchboxes.
The amazing collection includes nearly 370 American and 60 British RN ships.
Mr Warren started the first one in post-war 1948 when just a lad of 17, and the only tools utilized in their impeccable construction are razor blade, tweezers and sandpaper. Balsa wood glue keeps it all together.. and that's it.
More than 650,000 used matchsticks and boxes were used to create the fleet (must know every smoker in town). Phil has even assembled over 1,200 aircraft to grace the decks of the carriers.
Hey, at least he wasn't upstairs bothering his wife all the time... the man's got a gift, that's for sure:
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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; History; Hobbies; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: fleet; matchstick; models; navair; navy
To: Reaganite Republican
Video of Mr. Warren:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKk_msEvJxQ
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posted on
01/17/2012 1:46:49 AM PST
by
iowamark
To: Reaganite Republican
The amazing collection includes nearly 370 American and 60 British RN ships. More than today's USN and RN can muster. TC
To: iowamark
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posted on
01/17/2012 1:48:29 AM PST
by
iowamark
To: Pentagon Leatherneck
pitiful... the Chinese are laying down hulls left and right
To: ken5050
To: Reaganite Republican
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posted on
01/17/2012 2:25:19 AM PST
by
MichaelP
(The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools ~HS)
To: Reaganite Republican
A stupendous achievement of skill and industry!
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posted on
01/17/2012 3:44:33 AM PST
by
luvbach1
(Stop the destruction in 2012 or continue the decline)
To: Reaganite Republican
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posted on
01/17/2012 5:03:59 AM PST
by
6SJ7
(Meh.)
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