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雙語天下 》今天我最炫 Titanic Matchstick Model 火柴棒鐵達尼號模型
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Dedicated Tim Elkins has finally finished building a scale model of the Titanic made out of 147,000 matchsticks - 15 years after he started.
Builder Tim, 42, has slaved away for 3,500 hours erecting the 1:115 scale of the famous liner at his home in Worthing, West Sussex. The Titanic masterpiece has been bought by Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! in London for ?8,500 pounds.
嘔心瀝血的提姆艾金斯用14萬7千根火柴棒,按比例打造的鐵達尼號模型終於完工──在他動工15年之後。42歲的建築商提姆在他位於英國西薩塞克斯郡渥辛市的家中,花3500小時建造這座比例為1:115著名輪船。這件鐵達尼號名作已被倫敦「信不信由你」博物館以8500英鎊(約50萬元台幣)買下。