Matchsticks_101

The thing is, it is primarily a hobby, but a hobby that has become quite lucrative. Here are a couple of things to consider. If someone were to ask me to make a 3/4 size model of a new 2021 Mustang, that person could probably buy the actual car. There are 2040 regular hours in a year (52 wks X 40 hrs = 2040) and at minimum wage that would be $14,790. Many of my larger models take between 2000 and 3000 hours to build. Let’s just say I do not work for minimum wage… LOL! Cost is negotiated when a piece is commissioned

Well, I have to laugh. None so far luckily.

No, but I accidentally dropped one of my ships and broke the side out. Fortunately, it was in fewer pieces then than when I started it.

Heck, yeah! It's fun that so many people are interested.

After nearly ten years of model building and cutting the heads off more than 100,000 matchsticks bought from the grocery store, I contacted the Ohio Blue Tip Company (at my wife’s insistence) and learned that matchstick splints could be purchased without the sulfur tip. After this discovery, I was able to work much faster, increasing the size of my models from inches to feet and from hundreds of matchsticks to thousands. The most fun I had with the heads was keeping them in an empty matchstick box and discreetly throwing them into the campfire late at night with friends. The sudden WHOOSH to the treetops would definitely wake people up.