花3年打造「巨型樂高戰艦」 他本以為是世界最大…竟然跳出一個人贏過0.4公尺!

吉姆 (Jim McDonough) 是位51歲的英國樂高迷。3年前,他開始用樂高打造約7.3公尺 (24英尺) 長的美國密蘇里號戰艦模型,是原尺寸的1/40,並在最近完工,而他認為這是世界上最大的樂高戰艦。   沒想到,在這3年內,美國的樂高迷,丹恩 (Dan Siskind) 也在蓋1:35大小的密蘇

March 28, 2017
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吉姆 (Jim McDonough) 是位51歲的英國樂高迷。3年前,他開始用樂高打造約7.3公尺 (24英尺) 長的美國密蘇里號戰艦模型,是原尺寸的1/40,並在最近完工,而他認為這是世界上最大的樂高戰艦。

Jim McDonough has painstakingly built a 24ft scale model of 890ft US warship USS Missouri out of thousands of toy bricks in his garage in Redford, near Arbroath, Angus, Scotland

 

沒想到,在這3年內,美國的樂高迷,丹恩 (Dan Siskind) 也在蓋1:35大小的密蘇里號戰艦模型,完成長度只比他多0.4公尺 (1.5英尺) ,讓吉姆的作品略遜一籌。

But he's been pipped at the post by American enthusiast, Dan Siskind, of Minneapolis, whose creation stands at 25.5ft long
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不過雖然在大小上無法拔得頭籌,吉姆的作品還是令人讚嘆,就連船上相關的軍事配備都做得非常細緻,難怪就連密蘇里戰艦紀念館都認可他的作品!

He has even built accompanying military transport for the ships. The 51-year-old, has a garage crammed with a flotilla of battleships, aircraft carriers, planes, fishing vessels and landing craft - each one painstakingly built from Lego

 

而吉姆最驕傲的是,他的作品完全沒有用到黏膠。對他來說,那樣等同於作弊,因為把東西黏在一起誰都會。這就是所謂達人的堅持吧!

The Lego-mad fisherman spent three years building the world's biggest model of a US warship - only to discover he had been beaten to the title by an American rival by just inches
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吉姆的車庫放滿了他的樂高作品。航空母艦、戰艦、飛機、漁船、登陸艦…全部都是他用樂高做出來的。當中最搶眼的當然就是1:40的密蘇里號戰艦!

In Mr McDonough's garage his 1:40 scale model of USS Missouri is moored beside the ill-fated USS Arizona, sunk at Pearl Harbour, and a Japanese carrier replete with lines of Zero fighters
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吉姆的家人都很支持吉姆的興趣,這位可愛的小女孩是吉姆的孫女,根本可以整個人騎到戰艦上了啊!

Mr McDonough  and grandaughter Leigha with the USS Missouri (left). Mr McDonough prides himself on not gluing them together - which he regards as 'cheating'

 

平常在撈網船上工作的吉姆,空閒時間幾乎都花在樂高上。所以才能做出這麼精細的模型吧!

He said: 'I think the biggest in the world is a few inches longer, but when I started building mine three years ago it was probably the biggest'

 

為了造這艘戰艦,吉姆原本想把他做的第一個模型拆掉,好利用空間跟拆下來的樂高,但家人懇求他不要拆,於是…車庫的空間就不夠了!戰艦的一部份甚至一整個冬天都佔據著廚房。

Mr McDonough broke down his first models in order to save space and use bricks on later projects, but he is running out of garage room since the family begged him to keep them

 

下面這艘則是丹恩的船。重達45000噸的愛荷華級戰艦模型,同樣花了好幾個月打造,而且還沒完成!

The ship, a replica of the 45000 ton Iowa class battleship built by the New York Navy Yard, was painstakingly built over months

 

丹恩把這艘船暱稱為Mo. ,他希望能在9月底前完成它。

Mr Siskind spent months working on the ship - nicknamed the Mo. He said he hopes it will be complete by September

 

為了完成這艘船,丹恩甚至曾經30小時不眠不休地趕工,真是太驚人的執著了!

Under construction:  Mr Siskind said that he had been working ‘30-hour marathon’ sessions to build his version of the USS Missouri

 

丹恩的密蘇里號戰艦模型分成10個部分建造,他自豪地說,自己的作品應該是世界上最大的。雖然也承認他有可能不是,但這樣的規模絕對已經值得驕傲了!

Looking inside: Mr Siskin said he believes 'it's the longest ship of any kind built out of Lego in the world' - but admits he 'could be wrong'

 

不過吉姆也沒有因為沒得第一名就灰心,他還計畫要打造薩拉托加號戰艦 (USS Saratoga) 模型,他說那跟其他戰艦的大小可不是同個等級啊!太令人期待了!

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來源:Daily Mail

這兩人的作品都很讓人驚嘆,但更令人佩服的是他們的毅力!快把他們的故事跟精彩作品分享出去吧!

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