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Philip Warren is an English ship model maker who is known for building a Matchstick Maritime Fleet, which includes over 500 vessels and 1000 aircraft, and all the Royal Navy ships since 1945.[1]
Life and work
[edit]Philip Warren is from Dorset, England, and was a director of a stationery wholesale company before his retirement.[2] He started building models of naval boats at the age of 17 due to a fascination with ships.[3] Like many children of his era, his interest in warships came about due to going through childhood during World War 2.[4][5]
When he first began model making, he used balsa wood to make models.[3] He switched to matchsticks because he found that material more suitable for static waterline warship models,[3] while matches were common.[6] His models are hand-built and are made in 1/300th of the scale, using only a few building materials, including matchboxes, matchsticks, a razor blade and glue.[7][8] Completing his models requires him looking at photographs, drawings, and plans of real ships.[9] His largest model is 1m (3ft) long.[6]
Philip said, "It was obviously at the time just going to be one model, and that would get it out of my system."It didn't quite work, and here we are 62 years later and 430 models later.[10] He also said that, 'I always try to make the next one my best one.'[7]
When Warren began matchstick model making, matchboxes were easy to get a hold of, but in recent years, he has relied on donations to keep up with his work.[7] He has continued model making into his 90s, stating that "Physically one has to use the fingers and obviously the painting is extremely delicate, and tiny, and so hopefully that keeps my eyes and my brain and everything else working."[1]
Models
[edit]Philip Warren's earliest model was the Royal Navy's HMS Scorpion, which was less detailed compared to later models.[3] Following its completion, he built a different destroyer, a battleship, a cruiser, and later an aircraft carrier.[3] As the years passed, his attention to detail and accuracy improved, making models with many moving parts, including missile launchers, radars, gun turrets, swing wings, and helicopter rotors.[11] His collection of models includes 500 vessels and 1000 aircraft from the very last World War 2 battleships to nuclear-powered submarines and modern aircraft carriers.[1][12]
In his over 70 years of model making, he built one or more of each class of Royal Navy ships from 1945 to the present day, including 7 Leander class frigates.[5][12] In addition, he has also built Commonwealth ships.[12] Also, Warren has constructed 60 US ships so far, including four giant supercarriers, two battleships, and various cruisers, demonstrating the evolution of vessels that contained guns to those with missiles. Additionally, he built around 50 ships from various Navies of other nations.
His aircraft models span from older aircraft, such as the Swordfish, to modern supersonic jets.[13] Warren's model of the HMS Queen Elizabeth was completed before the original.[5]
It can take Warren over a year to finish a model.[13] He very rarely gets rid of models and has never made money from his hobby,[12] despite being told by numerous museum curators that his models have considerable value.[13] Warren's models have not been built in historical sequence but preserved so well that it's difficult to tell which models are older.[11] In 1989, Philip gave the United Kingdom's Prince Andrew a model of the frigate Campbeltown.[11]
Exhibits and Recognition
[edit]Various national and local charities have displayed his work, including The National Museum of the Royal Navy,[14] the Fleet Air Arm Museum,[15] and Nothe Fort.[16] The Duke of Gloucester honored Warren with a glass trophy for his service to the Northe Fort community for his yearly display of his matchstick fleet.[16]
Personal life
[edit]Warren has one child and was married to his wife Anita for 47 years until her death.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Remarkable model navy fleet made from over a million matchsticks looking for new home." Ibfs Forces News. 01 September 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2024. https://www.forcesnews.com/services/navy/remarkable-model-navy-fleet-made-over-million-matchsticks-looking-new-home
- ^ "Modeller spent 62 years building 400 matchstick boats." Daily Echo. 26 August 2010. Retrieved 21 December 2024. https://metro.co.uk/2013/08/18/sticking-power-got-me-a-fleet-of-tiny-warships-3928910/
- ^ a b c d e (2023, February 12)."Matchstick Fleet by Philip Warren." RADIO NINE SPRINGS 104.5. https://www.radioninesprings.com/calendar/event/matchstick-fleet-by-philip-warren
- ^ Harris, Steve (Sep 1, 2023). "End of an era for 92-year-old model maker." BBC News. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0g9l84t
- ^ a b c "Meet The Man Who's Spent 70 YEARS Making A Matchstick Royal Navy." BFBS Forces News.
- ^ a b "Sticking power got me a fleet of tiny warships." Metro. 09 December 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2024. https://metro.co.uk/2013/08/18/sticking-power-got-me-a-fleet-of-tiny-warships-3928910/
- ^ a b c "Matchstick maestro adds to his model fleet thanks to Telegraph readers' generosity." The Telegraph. 22 August 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2024. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/08/22/matchstick-maestro-adds-model-fleet-thanks-telegraph-readers/
- ^ "Master modeller makes incredible fleet of 484 warships from one MILLION matchsticks." Mirror. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2024. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/master-modeller-makes-incredible-fleet-12690164
- ^ (2021, August 21)."Philip Warren's Matchstick Fleet." Love Weymouth. https://www.love-weymouth.co.uk/events/weymouth/family-fun/philip-warrens-matchstick-fleet/
- ^ "Dorset man creates 1,600 matchstick models in 62 years." BBC News. 27 August 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2024. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-dorset-11104719
- ^ a b c (2012, March 12). "The Internet Craftsmanship Museum Presents: Philip Warren The Matchstick Fleet." The Miniature Engineering Craftsmanship Museum.
- ^ a b c d (2023, November 06). "Philip Warren Making a Matchstick Fleet." The Miniature Engineering Craftsmanship Museum.
- ^ a b c (2010, August 30). "Master Modeller Builds Unique Matchstick Armada." Oddity Central.
- ^ (2024, October 26). "Master Modeller Builds Unique Matchstick Armada." The National Museum of The Royal Navy.
- ^ (2023, October 21). "Matchstick Fleet by Philip Warren 2023." Somerset Council.
- ^ a b "Matchstick model maker Philip Warren recognised for his work by HRH The Duke of Gloucester." Dorset Echo. 09 June 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2024. https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/16279331.matchstick-model-maker-philip-warren-recognised-work-hrh-duke-gloucester/