Work is underway to create a world record-beating structure in Aylesford – out of K’NEX.

A team including ex-servicemen and women from Royal British Legion Industries, Hall Road, have embarked on the mammoth project to build the world’s largest K’NEX structure.

The budding engineers are building a 500,000-part, life-size replica of the BLOODHOUND Supersonic Car – a 1,000mph rocket-propelled vehicle which will hopefully break the world land speed record.

David Church, who is leading the build, said: “This is a massive project which will take 1,200 hours, with six staff working on it full time for the next eight weeks.”

Upon its completion in September the 13.5m long, 4m high plastic model will overtake a giant T-Rex, which is housed in the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama, as the holder of the title.

This isn't the first time RBLI have been involved in a large scale K’NEX project, they constructed a 5m long, 3m tall monster truck in 2012 which toured the United States and is now on display in a motoring museum.

The project, which got underway on Tuesday, July 8, has been commissioned by the 1K Club, which aims to educate children about engineering through activities based around the construction of the actual rocket propelled car.

Club president, Ian Glover, who is heading up the model build, said: “This will not simply celebrate the work going into the land speed record attempt; it will be an engineering feat in itself. Fortunately we have over 6,500 club members keen to lend a hand.”

Once it is completed it is not yet known where the replica car will go next, although Mr Church said there is talk of it going to the Brooklyn Motoring Museum.

A series of open days are being arranged to allow as many people as possible to learn more about the build and add pieces themselves. Visit www.bloodhoundssc.com/knex for more details.