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There were two of this class, the CALIFORNIA (CGN-36) and the SOUTH CAROLINA (CGN-37). Both were scrapped although the SoCar's bow is outside a gate at Bremerton Washington.
I'm building a 1/96 scale radio-controlled model. The hull is molded fiberglass, superstructure is laser-cut plexiglass. Other fittings will be resin castings or 3D printouts. Pictures to follow.

G'day Mate!!

Good to see ya on here!! Here are a couple of pic's of USS California CGN36 to liven things up!

Cheers Bruce

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building:
1/72 Rc USS LONG BEACH CGN-9
1/72 Rc USS CALIFORNIA CGN-36
1/72 Rc Salvage tug 'Southern Titan'

found another pic of one of CGN36's props the other day...And this one of the inside of the bridge!

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building:
1/72 Rc USS LONG BEACH CGN-9
1/72 Rc USS CALIFORNIA CGN-36
1/72 Rc Salvage tug 'Southern Titan'

Dear Folks,

Thank you, Bruce. I've been remiss in not posting here. I'll catch everyone up. I made a plug,



built a mold,



and cast a hull.



Bilge keels were marked



and grooves cut into the hull:



You may notice that my hull has the shaft tubes and rudder posts cast into it, rather than cutting, aligning, and gluing your own using jigs.



The Sonar dome is a separate casting of a 3D printing of a solid model in CAD:



The superstructure and main deck are plexiglass, laser cut and glued together with notches for alignment:





The masts and yardarms were likewise cast from solid models:



The completed forward superstructure and masts, with the ballcap I wore while assigned to the "Golden Grizzly"



The assembled parts now look like this:



More to come when I get some Christmas presents.

Sincerely,
Nelson Petteys

Pictures of a 1/350th scale resin model at this years OrangeCon in So Cal. It was a very nice looking model, along with a 1/350th USS Leahey.








I do apologise, but I don't know the builder..... Maybe he will see it here and post about it.

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Dan
Field Artillery, King of Battle
Please check out the Secret Society of Model Builders model club in San Diego!
http://sdmodelclub.proboards55.com/index.cgi

That's a cool looking Diorama! I would like something like that for the office.

Cheers Bruce

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building:
1/72 Rc USS LONG BEACH CGN-9
1/72 Rc USS CALIFORNIA CGN-36
1/72 Rc Salvage tug 'Southern Titan'

My own 1/72 CGN-36 had a test run with her superstructure on for the first time on the weekend, she ran well even in some strong wind gusts....If I had remembered to bring my small box of lead bits I would have ballasted her 10mm deeper for a more realistic state of ballasting.

Here are some pix more can be seen in her build thread in scratch building section.

Bruce

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building:
1/72 Rc USS LONG BEACH CGN-9
1/72 Rc USS CALIFORNIA CGN-36
1/72 Rc Salvage tug 'Southern Titan'