Brynjar Karl Birgisson from Iceland is one special teen. The 15-year-old spent over 700 hours recreating a perfect replica of the Titanic made completely out of lego.
Using actual blueprints from the original ship, Birgisson used more more than 65,000 Lego bricks to assemble the impressive ship.
The replica is now housed in the Titanic museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
“The Lego Boy”, Brynjar saw his LEGO Titanic at our Pigeon Forge Museum for the first time!!!! pic.twitter.com/PLysVAPoye
— Titanic Museum (@TitanicUSA) 17 April 2018
Travelling across Europe with the model has greatly helped Birgisson with his communication skills.
"It took me over 11 months to build the model and 120 tubes of crazy glue were used in the process," the teenager told the BBC.
"The whole journey has helped me out of my autistic fog," he continued.
"I've trained myself to be 'as normal as possible', whatever normal means."
World’s largest Lego Titanic replica, built by young boy with autism, on display in Tennessee: https://t.co/QzStjlet0q pic.twitter.com/HJwfliVIIa
— Southern Living (@Southern_Living) 18 April 2018
Building the ship when he was just 10 years old, Birgisson raised funds to purchase the bricks from family and friends. Upon hearing of his project, Lego even offered him subsidised bricks.
"I just had to build that amazing ship and there was not a doubt in my mind that I couldn't do it", Mr Birgisson said at a 2016 TED talk.
"As the bricks went up and up and it began to rise, it became an obsession," he continued.
You've probably seen the story of Brynjar Karl, the #Icelandic boy who built a Lego Titanic, in numerous stories in the international press, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. https://t.co/XO58XjzBvE pic.twitter.com/kJXG0qa1iy
— Reykjavík Grapevine (@rvkgrapevine) 20 April 2018
The teenager has spent the last five years touring with the replica around Europe, giving interviews along the way.
He also said that he rarely spoke and was painfully shy when his project began.
"I was totally unable to communicate when I started the project. Now I'm standing on stage and giving interviews."
Two impressive feats by one talented teen!
