370 American warship models
#1
Posted 20 January 2012 - 07:52 PM
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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 at 79 years of age, began creating his first boat in 1948, when he was only 17. This uses a razor blade, tweezers and sandpaper to carve the pieces and boxes, then stick with balsa wood glue. In total more than 650,000 used matchsticks to create an amazing collection of 1,300 scale models. Even 1,200 aircraft made even more realistic appearance to dress the decks of aircraft carriers."
And though it hurt me so bad, in the fear and alarm, you did not desert me, my brothers in arms..."
Mark Knopfler, Dire Straits 1985






#2
Posted 20 January 2012 - 08:12 PM
Gil Burket
Omaha, NE
Specializing in Fakes and Reproductions
of the Vietnam War
burkcats@hotmail.com
Live as if you were to die tomorrow.
Learn as if you were to live forever.
-Mohandas K. Gandhi







#3
Posted 20 January 2012 - 08:14 PM
Gil - here's a few more:Dang! I wish they had a closer photo of some his finished work. It looks like he put a fair amount of detail in them, including aircraft on the carriers.
And though it hurt me so bad, in the fear and alarm, you did not desert me, my brothers in arms..."
Mark Knopfler, Dire Straits 1985






#4
Posted 20 January 2012 - 08:19 PM
And though it hurt me so bad, in the fear and alarm, you did not desert me, my brothers in arms..."
Mark Knopfler, Dire Straits 1985






#5
Posted 20 January 2012 - 08:24 PM
Gil Burket
Omaha, NE
Specializing in Fakes and Reproductions
of the Vietnam War
burkcats@hotmail.com
Live as if you were to die tomorrow.
Learn as if you were to live forever.
-Mohandas K. Gandhi







#10
Posted 20 January 2012 - 10:33 PM
thanks for sharing!
Terry






#11
Posted 20 January 2012 - 10:41 PM




#12
Posted 21 January 2012 - 03:13 AM
Tony




#13
Posted 21 January 2012 - 07:11 AM
:bravo:
"We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender!"
Winston Churchill




#14
Posted 21 January 2012 - 08:26 AM
And though it hurt me so bad, in the fear and alarm, you did not desert me, my brothers in arms..."
Mark Knopfler, Dire Straits 1985






#15
Posted 21 January 2012 - 12:45 PM
Gil Burket
Omaha, NE
Specializing in Fakes and Reproductions
of the Vietnam War
burkcats@hotmail.com
Live as if you were to die tomorrow.
Learn as if you were to live forever.
-Mohandas K. Gandhi







#16
Posted 21 January 2012 - 05:26 PM
—Actor Lee Marvin, circa, 1967, about serving in WW II





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