Titanic Matchstick Replica
Matchstick modeller, Mark Colling is aiming for a world record with a 19ft-long ship (He has a 6ft Titanic model in his collection), complete with an 8ft match model of the iceberg which sunk the Titanic in 1912.
Mark’s existing 6ft 2ins long model of the Titanic used up 320,122 model matchsticks:
Mark is making his model of the Titanic to scale using copies of blueprints sent to him by the editor of the Hollywood blockbuster of the same name.
The ship’s final dimensions will be 19ft long by 8ft high and 6ft wide (5.8m x 2.4m x 1.8m), while the iceberg will be 8ft high and 6ft wide (2.4m x 1.8m).
Both will sit amidst a 6ft (1.6m) wide patch of matchstick sea.
The dimensions for the current record-holder - a church - a 6ft 7in by 4ft 11in.
Source: BBC News
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