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
he is 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 sticks 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.