Exhibit of Large Toothpick Ships by Wayne Kusy

This is a NBC Affiliate WMAQ Channel 5 in Chicago of folk artist Wayne Kusy exhibiting his latest toothpick ships. This segment was done live 6AM central time. The large vessel is the 25 foot Queen Mary work in progress at 415,000 toothpicks. The small vessel is the 4 foot Cutty Sark. For latest photos of the completed Queen Mary and other tootpick ships, go to www.WayneKusy.com

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• Cutty
• Sark
• Queen
• Mary
• toothpicks
• folk
• art

[MassMurderrer]

does it float?

[snorky500]

@MassMurderrer  Nope!

[bachmanthomas21]

how do you do the port holes? I think I might try and make a small (miniscule) model of a rowing boat.... but dont count me on it!

p.s. I fainted when I saw this! Its amazing. I dont even have much patience with an airfix model

[snorky500]

First, you are going to want to paint the hull with a coat of glue to seal up the cracks and crevaces. Then take a drill, on slow speed, and drill the holes. Make sure you DONT put your port holes too close together. You just end up with a big hole. Make sure you coat the ship first and let dry for at least a day.

[Britannic1997]

hi again, how do you make the toothpicks curved? P.S. I'm 12 years old and by saturday, will have started making a model of a ship, either 1 I have designed, but probably Titanic. I will be making videos of my progress. It'll probably suck tho!

[snorky500]

glue them together in pairs of 2 to make them stronger, then use wire cutter to slowly bend them in milimeter segments. I hope that makes sense.

[Thesterness]

I could easily see that thing selling for something well into the five-figure range.

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[snorky500]

Yes, but, I recently broke from tradition and am now building the SS American Star. But, the Brits built the best passenger liners. The Germans made some good ones too, but they are all aquariums at the bottom of the ocean.

[Britannic1997]

all british!