WAYNE KUSY as seen in the August 25, 1997 issue of PEOPLE magazine.
Archive photo by Mike Padgett TITANIC
FLEET SHEET
WAYNE KUSY builds models of early 20th century ocean liners out of toothpicks. Not just small mantle size replicas, but structures measuring up to 25 feet in length and hundreds of thousands of toothpicks. Here is the fleet which has been featured in PEOPLE magazine, SMITHSONIAN, NBC Dateline, CNN Headline and hundreds of other media worldwide. Let the Navi-bar, to your left, take you for a guided tour of his work.




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    TITANIC
  • 10 feet long at 75,000 toothpicks and 1 Gallon
    of glue.
  • Took approximately a year and a half to construct on an average of 2-3 hours a night.
    LUSITANIA
  • 16 feet long at 194,000 toothpicks and five gallons of glue.
  • Tool approximately two and a half years to construct on an average of 2-3 hours a night.
    QUEEN MARY Work In Progress
  • 25 feet long and already 370,000 toothpicks.
  • Estimated tally of toothpicks when completed: 1,000,000 toothpicks and 30 gallons of glue
    CUTTY SARK
    Skelital frame as seen in above picture.
  • 8 feet long at 16,000 toothpicks. Left as a skelital structure for exhibition purposes.
    CUTTY SARK mini-finished
  • 4 feet long at 12,000 toothpicks and 130 onces of glue.
  • Finished with rigging and furled sails.