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alan2525 · 15-03-2008

If it's been underwater in the pacific for 5-10 years wouldn't it have lots of coral and marine life starting to grow on it?

Years ago I was watching one of Jacques Cousteau's documentaries and he was exploring the underwater wreck of the B17 BlackJack. The film of it was excellent and it was amazingly atmospheric to see the aircraft in such an alien environment. Obviously this aircraft has been underwater a lot longer but it's amazing how fast nature takes a hold.

Blackjack on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

One thing that would be really neat to do - If you got some clear acrylic and made a glass case from it, you could give it a blue tint and then use some water clear resin on top for a rippled wave effect - then it'd look like it was underwater, giving everything that slightly blue tinted colouring.

15-03-2008	#8 (permalink)
alan2525 Scale Model Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Essex, UK Real Name: Alan My Models: Anything that isn't worth throwing out Visit alan2525's Gallery Posts: 919 Thanks: 3 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Images: 39	If it's been underwater in the pacific for 5-10 years wouldn't it have lots of coral and marine life starting to grow on it? Years ago I was watching one of Jacques Cousteau's documentaries and he was exploring the underwater wreck of the B17 BlackJack. The film of it was excellent and it was amazingly atmospheric to see the aircraft in such an alien environment. Obviously this aircraft has been underwater a lot longer but it's amazing how fast nature takes a hold. Blackjack on Flickr - Photo Sharing! One thing that would be really neat to do - If you got some clear acrylic and made a glass case from it, you could give it a blue tint and then use some water clear resin on top for a rippled wave effect - then it'd look like it was underwater, giving everything that slightly blue tinted colouring. __________________ Last edited by alan2525; 15-03-2008 at 03:05.