Wyrmshadow
08-08-2009, 02:08 PM
Okay this is a quick question that google was unable to answer.
I'm doing a little project, my own take on a Long Beach upgrade to a strike cruiser of the mid-1980's.
Someone on another board had pointed out that I would need to remove one of the midships VLS to get at the reactors. But I don't know exactly where they would be. I've seen the current LB stripped of its superstructure, waiting to be recycled in Bremerton... but I don't see any overt sign of where its reactors are.
here's some pics.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/Wyrmshadow3/Whif/LongBeachUpgrade.png
newest
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/Wyrmshadow3/Whif/TicoBeachDiagram.png
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/Wyrmshadow3/Whif/th_newRear1.png (http://s64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/Wyrmshadow3/Whif/?action=view¤t=newRear1.png)http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/Wyrmshadow3/Whif/th_newRear2.png (http://s64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/Wyrmshadow3/Whif/?action=view¤t=newRear2.png)http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/Wyrmshadow3/Whif/th_frontquarter.png (http://s64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/Wyrmshadow3/Whif/?action=view¤t=frontquarter.png)http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/Wyrmshadow3/Whif/th_rearquarter.png (http://s64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/Wyrmshadow3/Whif/?action=view¤t=rearquarter.png)
comparison with the old one.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/Wyrmshadow3/Whif/th_UpgradeCompare.png (http://s64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/Wyrmshadow3/Whif/?action=view¤t=UpgradeCompare.png)
And before anyone says "That looks nothing like the Strike Cruiser proposal".. I realize that. My goal was to make a Ticonderoga-Long Beach mix.. and I had learned of the Strike Cruiser after I had done most of the work.
1 Internet for whoever can guess the 2 gun mounts.
I'm doing a little project, my own take on a Long Beach upgrade to a strike cruiser of the mid-1980's.
Someone on another board had pointed out that I would need to remove one of the midships VLS to get at the reactors. But I don't know exactly where they would be. I've seen the current LB stripped of its superstructure, waiting to be recycled in Bremerton... but I don't see any overt sign of where its reactors are.
here's some pics.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/Wyrmshadow3/Whif/LongBeachUpgrade.png
newest
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/Wyrmshadow3/Whif/TicoBeachDiagram.png
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/Wyrmshadow3/Whif/th_newRear1.png (http://s64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/Wyrmshadow3/Whif/?action=view¤t=newRear1.png)http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/Wyrmshadow3/Whif/th_newRear2.png (http://s64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/Wyrmshadow3/Whif/?action=view¤t=newRear2.png)http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/Wyrmshadow3/Whif/th_frontquarter.png (http://s64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/Wyrmshadow3/Whif/?action=view¤t=frontquarter.png)http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/Wyrmshadow3/Whif/th_rearquarter.png (http://s64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/Wyrmshadow3/Whif/?action=view¤t=rearquarter.png)
comparison with the old one.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/Wyrmshadow3/Whif/th_UpgradeCompare.png (http://s64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/Wyrmshadow3/Whif/?action=view¤t=UpgradeCompare.png)
And before anyone says "That looks nothing like the Strike Cruiser proposal".. I realize that. My goal was to make a Ticonderoga-Long Beach mix.. and I had learned of the Strike Cruiser after I had done most of the work.
1 Internet for whoever can guess the 2 gun mounts.