25 Foot Queen Mary Made of 814,000 Toothpicks by Wayne Kusy

Toothpicks are as strong as you want them to be! Cheers Wayne

dudeee you are the man how strong are they

I nailed it pretty good! All fits well, thanks Wayne

id be pissed if the 2 pieces at 00:46 were different sizes accidentally

lets see if my math works after a few beers drunk at the Gallery Cabaret tonight (no official plug) 75,000 Titanic, 194,000 Lusitania, and 814,000 for the Queen Mary:
Total 1 million 83,000 toothpicks, give or take a 1000. thanks Steve, Wayne

3 SHIPS OUT OF TOOTHPICKS! How many picks were used for Titanic, Lusitania and Queen Mary total?

I think I see your message, and will respond. Thank you Mr. Farthole, I know that's not your name. But THANKS!! Wayne

Actually, i do know someone that works on the ship and deals with that aspect of the ship. I'll send over his contact info and will tell him to expect to hear from you.

Yes I have, I have emailed the organization in charge of overseeing the ship. They never got back to me. On the other hand, I wasn't really persistent. Currently, the ship in a vey small museum in a very small town. If you know how to get it there, I am happy to lend it out. It will soon be in a Spint Video and Ripley's Believe Or Not book. So it should get some publicity over there. Thanks for asking!!! Wayne

Hi Wayne, outstanding job. Have you ever thought of having this displayed on the QM in Long Beach CA?

Well, thank you. I saw some of the videos you have. I especially like the Olympic video. Not too many people know Capt. EJ Smith also captained the Olympic for a year before the Titanic. He twice almost sunk that one too! I think that is the reason why they retired him, to keep him from killing a whole bunch of people. But I guess he did anyway. Wayne

you are a ledgend

Good catch man! I gave them that bit of wrong info. Oh well, thats why I just build them out of toothpicks. Thank you for the kudos!!! Appreciate it!!! cheers Wayne

that's an awesome model, but the reporter was incorrect in stating that the QM1 was the biggest ship of its time. The Normandie was launched a year earlier and weighed in at 82,799 gross tons. The QM weighed 81,341.

Great shots! I wish this tech existed a few years ago, I could have gotten my model done earlier. Lots of cool ship videos on YouTube. Great resource for us wacky model builders. Thanks for posting it!!!