Matchbox Fleet

I got this email message forwarded to me by a friend. I copied all the pics and put them up on the link below. Enjoy.

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 has 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.

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willshak
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Well I might as well give up. I'll never top that!

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eyeball

willshak wrote in news:LeSdnaZAh9mtpo3SnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@supernews.com:

Shortly after visiting this site my firewall detected an attack. I also had

2 windows pop up when I shut it down, some pop culture crap.

It was a little spastic when I clicked on the first image.

Not sure that it's safe. Just sayin'.

But of what I saw, very cool.

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