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Focused Grenadiers - Waist of Frigate CONSTITUTION, Rex Stewart
Again, my first experimentation with wood figurines. Notice the facial expressions which...
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Uploaded on Feb 24, 2012
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Racing gunner - USS CONSTITUTION CUTAWAY 1812
The myth that the early American Navy had no men of color enlisted is just that, a myth. I...
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Maritime artist and craftsman Rex Stewart painting the ship's bell on USS CONSTITUTION CUTAWAY
Though a small piece, the ship's bell was quite time-consuming. Here, I'm painting...
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Uploaded on Feb 24, 2012
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Gun Deck Completion, 1812 CONSTITTUION CUTAWAY - Rex Stewart
The completed CUTAWAY... Notice the green-colored bulwarks on the main deck. By...
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Uploaded on Feb 23, 2012
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Clamped sectional - Gun Deck Cutaway / Rex Stewart
Here, the deck sectional is secure and temporarily clamped. Since the decks were...
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Uploaded on Feb 23, 2012
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Deck Sectional, USS CONSTITUTION Cutaway
Working the main deck took much attentive planning. To achieve the proper scale balance,...
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Uploaded on Feb 23, 2012
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Wounded Taken Below -Wood Figurines...Frigate CONSTITUTION, Maritime artist Rex Stewart
These carvings and the work itself were motivated by the classic book and Walt Disney movie...
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Uploaded on Feb 21, 2012
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First figurines of the year 1997...USS CONSTITUTION Cutaway c. 1812 -Maritime Craftsman Rex Stewart
The carvings, themselves, were crude in the beginning; but after several...
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Uploaded on Feb 21, 2012
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Closeup View -companionway detail/ 1812 Cutaway
Closeup View -damaged gunport/ 1812 Cutaway
...as previously mentioned, wood cannot repel forced metal or projectiles of any kind....
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Uploaded on Feb 19, 2012
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carving the portlids of USS CONSTITUTION Cutaway -Rex Stewart
To get the effect seen, it took much planning; an estimate of one gunport per day. The...
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Uploaded on Feb 19, 2012
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Positioning the guns -CONSTITUTION CUTAWAY / Rex Stewart
Thanks to the early funding by the late Dr.Thomas Hawkins for my reference materials, it...
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Uploaded on Feb 16, 2012
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Shaping the 24 pdr cannon - USS CONSTITUTION Gun Deck Cutaway c.1812
Both the Dremel Moto-Tool and X-acto knife are my primary tools for this project. With...
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Presenting Portrait to Dir. Thomas Hawkins, Albany Medical Center c.1979
Strong, early supporter of the USS CONSTITUTION GUN DECK CUTAWAY When in Albany, I...
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CONSTITUTION Gun Deck Bulwarks finished and painted -Rex Stewart
Designing the gun deck was a tedious back and forth endeavor working on the gun...
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Building the outside bulwarks of the American frigate CONSTITUTION -the finish/ Rex Stewart
Here, I am shown nailing the wale to the outer bulwark which was the final process prior...
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Preparing the rib sections of the USS CONSTITUTION of 1812 -The Beginning/ Rex Stewart
This was a challenging endeavor, as I had no references to follow relative to building...
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Uploaded on Feb 15, 2012
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Maritime artist and craftsman Rex Stewart working on the first USS CONSTITUTION CUTAWAY c.1997
At the advent of the N.Y. State troopers visiting my exhibition booth that summer of...
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USS Constitution Gun Deck...
