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A Hampshire man who has spent the last 15 years making a model oil rig out of four million matches is hoping to make his place in the record books. Mr Reynolds, from Swaythling in Southampton, has finally finished his replica of the Brent Bravo oil rig in the North Sea where he used to work. However it is so big it had to be made in over a dozen separate parts and now has a temporary home at Bursledon Brickworks Museum.

The current record for the most matches used to make a model stands at three-and-a-half million matches. Mr Reynolds, who made the model in his spare time over 15 years, said: "Most people watch about six or seven hours of television in the evening, you multiple that by seven, that's 40 hours a week.

Mrs Reynolds was quoting as saying "I am absolutely sick to death at the sight of a matchstick but I think there is still more to come unfortunately." and continued "But at least I know where he is and what he's doing, so I'd rather have him there than down the pub."

Mr Reynolds is waiting for confirmation his model is a world record.

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