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                        Underwater bubbles

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Underwater bubbles
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 27, 2005 9:25 AM
                        Hi all;
                        I'm looking for some way to simulate bubbles from submarines in an underwater diorama. It's small scale, so I the effect will most likely not be true to scale, but I seem to recall reading an article in an old FSM where the author used tiny glass balls or something similar. I've looked at beads from the craft store, but of course they all have holes in them which just aren't going to work (and they are too big for the most part). Any ideas or suggestions? Thanks...
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                        Jeff Herne
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                          January 2003
                        Posted by Jeff Herne on Monday, June 27, 2005 12:01 PM
                        Actually, I did the same thing recently...and found that some of those little packets of Silica gel (the ones that come in packages and say Do Not Eat) have clear beads in them...Some of the "beany baby' knock-offs also have clear plastic beads in them. Yes, I confess, one of my daughters beanies was sacrificed.... Dead [xx(]

                        Jeff
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                        schoonerbumm
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: Monterey Bay, CA
                        Posted by schoonerbumm on Monday, June 27, 2005 5:39 PM
                        When I was working aerospace structural applications we used tiny glass spheres known as "mircoballons" for a variety of applications including structural compsite resin filler. They impart a milky appearance to the resin when thouroughly mixed, but with tailored mixing and "stringing" it might be possible to get a cavitation or wake effect.

                        Check out: http://www.conservationresources.com/Main/section_36/section36_03.htm

                        You can do a google search and find many more products.

                        Another possibility is Fumed silica known by the trade name CAB-O-SIL

                        Alan

                        "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." Benjamin Franklin

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                        mfsob
                        • Member since
                          March 2005
                        • From: West Virginia, USA
                        Posted by mfsob on Monday, June 27, 2005 9:47 PM
                        Jeff, you KILLED a Beanie Baby? Oh, man, you're gonna burn in you know where for that one! Big Smile [:D]
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                        Mikeym_us
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                          March 2004
                        • From: Kincheloe Michigan
                        Posted by Mikeym_us on Monday, June 27, 2005 10:29 PM
                        Jeff if your wife or daughter found out what you did........ well lets say this in 3 words "Dead man walking"

                        On the workbench: Dragon 1/350 scale Ticonderoga class USS BunkerHill 1/720 scale Italeri USS Harry S. Truman 1/72 scale Encore Yak-6

                        The 71st Tactical Fighter Squadron the only Squadron to get an Air to Air kill and an Air to Ground kill in the same week with only a F-15 http://photobucket.com/albums/v332/Mikeym_us/

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                        DBFSS385
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                          September 2003
                        • From: Connecticut
                        Posted by DBFSS385 on Tuesday, June 28, 2005 7:10 AM
                        Unless the boat had just submerged why would there be bubbles? No air leaves a submarine unless of course there was a hole in the boat, then you would have a different thing altogether.Big Smile [:D] The trapped air under the fairwater and decks on a early diesel or nuke boat with decks or a FBM's missle deck would not be a factor after the initial dive. Bubbles coming from a submerged boat is really not accurate so why attempt it much less kill a doll to do it..Disapprove [V]
                        Be Well/DBF Walt
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                        subfixer
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                          March 2004
                        • From: Spartanburg, SC
                        Posted by subfixer on Tuesday, June 28, 2005 8:12 AM
                        I read in the book "Red Scorpion" (an account of the USS Rasher in WW II) of a trail of bubbles streaming from a leaky air flask that allowed a Japanese ASW force to follow it for over two days before the Rasher finally shook them. It can happen.

                        I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

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                        Jeff Herne
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                          January 2003
                        Posted by Jeff Herne on Tuesday, June 28, 2005 4:24 PM
                        Ok, ok...the Beanie wasn't a total loss, let's just say it was "minor surgery". Sheesh...bunch of hardcore manly model-building types getting on my case about beanie-baby surgery...It's not like it was the Jerry Garcia bear or anything...it was a cheap knock-off from Burger King.

                        Remind me never to tell you about the 'Tickle me Elmo' doll and the wood chipper in my back yard... Confused [%-)] Bet you didn't know that Tickle me Elmo makes a screaming noise when it's run through a chipper...muwhahahaha...

                        Jeff
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 28, 2005 5:16 PM
                        Jeff-good thing you didn't try that with the "Tickle me Pit Bull". Woulda hurt!

                        Dan
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 28, 2005 9:43 PM
                        The Beanie-Baby-bubble burst long ago, so go ahead, sacrifice one for a good cause. Also, you might try Sheperd Paine's book: How to Build Dioramas: 2nd Edition
                        http://www.squadron.com/ItemDetails.asp?item=KA12136
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                        ssvoashadow
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                          February 2004
                        • From: Whereever the AF has sent me
                        Posted by ssvoashadow on Wednesday, June 29, 2005 12:33 PM
                        Jeff
                        To all thoose with a hang up on beenie babbies :P if only you would have used a barney doll maybe the world would be a more peaceful place. i wish i could have been there to assist you in sending elmo to his long overdue demise!
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 29, 2005 10:36 PM
                        Hurt-me-Elmo.
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                        mfsob
                        • Member since
                          March 2005
                        • From: West Virginia, USA
                        Posted by mfsob on Wednesday, June 29, 2005 11:28 PM
                        I can see the independent film now. "When Good Modelers Do Bad Things To Stuffed Toys," coming out on direct-to-video and a discount rack near you!
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                        Jeff Herne
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        Posted by Jeff Herne on Thursday, June 30, 2005 8:35 AM
                        Ok, I confess...I did it!!!

                        If you've ever heard a wood chipper...you'll know that it makes that distinctive brrrrrrpppp sound when something's run through it...

                        I distinctly heard, "la-la-la, la-la-la, Elmo's BRRRRRRRRPPPPPPP"

                        Twisted, huh? I was searching the house for Barney but I think he was rushed into the dinosaur protection program...

                        One day...

                        Jeff
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                        Mikeym_us
                        • Member since
                          March 2004
                        • From: Kincheloe Michigan
                        Posted by Mikeym_us on Thursday, June 30, 2005 2:43 PM
                        how about this combine Barbie with a M-80 now that girl will have an explosive personality Bmwahahahaha

                        On the workbench: Dragon 1/350 scale Ticonderoga class USS BunkerHill 1/720 scale Italeri USS Harry S. Truman 1/72 scale Encore Yak-6

                        The 71st Tactical Fighter Squadron the only Squadron to get an Air to Air kill and an Air to Ground kill in the same week with only a F-15 http://photobucket.com/albums/v332/Mikeym_us/

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, June 30, 2005 10:14 PM
                        I recently had to go through the terrible event of transfusing a Barney and a Barbie. They lived(only to be incinerated when a silver-salute was strapped to its back and....oh come on do I have to spell it out for you?!?!)
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, June 30, 2005 10:16 PM
                        Wait, how did we come from underwater bubbles to incinerating barbie-barny mutations?!?!
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                        RadMax8
                        • Member since
                          February 2005
                        • From: Cleveland, OH
                        Posted by RadMax8 on Thursday, June 30, 2005 10:33 PM
                        You guys are sick SOBs lol. back on topic, sure it may not be realistic, but it's kinda cool to see little bubbles, just reaffirming that it's underwater. in my biology class we used little glass beads during a lab. they were just like little spheres. Maybe you could use bbs painted silver, although i'm not sure how that would look...
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                        Jeff Herne
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        Posted by Jeff Herne on Thursday, June 30, 2005 11:16 PM
                        Good grief...do you want me to send you a dissected beanie?

                        Jeff
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, July 1, 2005 9:03 AM
                        No, my friend disected the Barney, I just put it out of it's misery.
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, October 26, 2005 5:52 PM
                        you're all a bunch of psycotic killers!!! are you all living in padded cells or something?!?![:0]Censored [censored]Confused [%-)]Dunce [D)]Mischief [:-,]Laugh [(-D]Sign - With Stupid [#wstupid]SoapBox [soapbox]Whistling [:-^]Yuck [yuck] if it was the horse beenie then ur in truble!!! lol... how do these ideas come into your head...suddenly-"i know, ill disect a beenie for a change" or- " i wonder what noise my daughters prized possesion makes when it goes through the shredder!!!" ah well, as i always say...YOU GOTTA BE INSANE IN A SANE WORLD...!!! dan
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, October 26, 2005 5:55 PM
                        no offence meant of course!!! you guys sound like a right laugh...hope to hear of more beenie bustin, barbie bashing and barny roasting soon!!!
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                        Ron Smith
                        • Member since
                          May 2005
                        Posted by Ron Smith on Wednesday, October 26, 2005 9:02 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by Jeff Herne

                        Ok, ok...the Beanie wasn't a total loss, let's just say it was "minor surgery". Sheesh...bunch of hardcore manly model-building types getting on my case about beanie-baby surgery...It's not like it was the Jerry Garcia bear or anything...it was a cheap knock-off from Burger King.

                        Remind me never to tell you about the 'Tickle me Elmo' doll and the wood chipper in my back yard... Confused [%-)] Bet you didn't know that Tickle me Elmo makes a screaming noise when it's run through a chipper...muwhahahaha...

                        Jeff


                        Tell me you first built an Aztec temple and used an obsidian knife......;)

                        I can tell you that stuffed Barneys when hit with hollow points moving at 3050fps produce a nice cloud of fluff.......Evil [}:)]
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 5, 2005 4:27 PM
                        what about hitting it with a 12 ga. slug
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