Posts made by BigDub

@Newell-Post said in Phony players:

Well, there's always....

Well, that’s Kirk Douglas. Everybody knows he could play....heh, heh.
But yet, they used a real singer, Doris Day? Whazzup with that?

I spotted an albino Dalmation on my walk this morning.

It was the least I could do.

@J-Jericho said in Phony players:

@BigDub said in Phony players:

I have a question that someone Might have some insight on.
There are plenty of instances and occasions when a tv show or motion picture portrays a trumpet player, or any other instrument, for that matter.
Anyway, why is it that almost 100% of the time, the person doing the playing has no clue how to play.
Any idea how this came to be?

Hollywood hubris.

And fear of reality. Why be truthful when you can Hollywood it up?

I have a question that someone Might have some insight on.
There are plenty of instances and occasions when a tv show or motion picture portrays a trumpet player, or any other instrument, for that matter.
Anyway, why is it that almost 100% of the time, the person doing the playing has no clue how to play.
Any idea how this came to be?
After all, there are plenty of true players out there, and a goodly number of them don’t have other work keeping them from being available.
Is it a union thing, maybe?
It’s hard to watch someone ineptly trying to fake playing an instrument, isn't it?

@Dr-GO said in Artist on BOARD:

Interesting stream on consciousness

Speaking of stream....my original plan did not include any stream at all. It sort of developed after the initial lay in of color. Then I thought it needed a bit more, so off I went.

I'd like to show you what I just finished. So here goes.

@BigDub
The second photo is a depiction of the driving of the “Golden Spike” connecting the transcontinental railroad's eastern and western work

@Dr-GO said in Railroad Photography:

@Tobylou8 said in Railroad Photography:

@Dr-GO said in Railroad Photography:

@Tobylou8 said in Railroad Photography:

@Dr-GO said in Railroad Photography:

@BigDub said in Railroad Photography:

@Dr-GO

Saying: thank you "veery" much, to Veery.

OK... Thanks for keeping me on track. Thank God I have only a one track mind... much easier to accomplish.

At least you can N gauge!

OH! (on a smaller scale and with dyslexia)

HO man, sorry to hear that.

More like an O man. My dad had an O gauge set up in our basement when I was a kid. I mean it was our entire basement. He had mountains, lakes, bridges, houses, churches, businesses, roadways with cars, farms with animals... Had a blast running them with Dad. We had electronic controlled switches so could move trains between rail patterns. Really cool way to bring Father and Son together!

I think you would really enjoy this place in nearby FLemington, NJ. It is called Northlandz. It has thousands of ( to scale ) miles of track and hundreds of trains all synchronized and in lifelike settings. We took our grandson there a couple of years ago for his 4th? Birthday. Here are some of the settings.

@Tobylou8 said in Artist on BOARD:

@BigDub said in Artist on BOARD:

@Dr-GO said in Artist on BOARD:

@BigDub said in Artist on BOARD:

Well, here's something I just completed. You might like this one, DrGO?

It's missing a ship on the horizon, right? Maybe you want to post THAT one for comparison, or maybe not if you don't give a ship.

Here you go.

Hmm, sorry, the ship wrecked it!

It’s ok. I can erase it. Or wait a half hour and it will be gone. On its way to Davey Jones's locker.

This was beside the track as my wife and I travelled from New York City to Montreal, Canada. Nice looking engine.

@Dr-GO said in Artist on BOARD:

@BigDub said in Artist on BOARD:

Well, here's something I just completed. You might like this one, DrGO?

It's missing a ship on the horizon, right? Maybe you want to post THAT one for comparison, or maybe not if you don't give a ship.

Here you go.

@Dr-GO said in Artist on BOARD:

@BigDub said in Artist on BOARD:

Well, here's something I just completed. You might like this one, DrGO?

It's missing a ship on the horizon, right? Maybe you want to post THAT one for comparison, or maybe not if you don't give a ship.

Are you trying to say I missed the boat?

Well, here's something I just completed. You might like this one, DrGO?

As for proof, is there pudding involved? If not, then, sorry.

Enough politics.

@Dr-GO

Saying: thank you "veery" much, to Veery.

@veery said in Railroad Photography:

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@BigDub said in Railroad Photography:

What is CNC? I suppose someone else might want to know as well.....? Or am the only one in the room?

Computer Numerical Control.
Commonly used in machining devices where a computer tells the device what to do. Very handy for making mouthpieces, among other stuff.
Thank you veery much.
Sorry, I couldn’t resist.

What is CNC? I suppose someone else might want to know as well.....? Or am the only one in the room?

@Dr-GO said in Railroad Photography:

@BigDub said in Railroad Photography:

Look as if the tracks are listing around car #3. Any chance the painting can be repainted to fix the problem with the tracks... This will make me feel much better... as I have a one track mind.

Here is a little something I did. Just finished today, DrGo, with your inspiration. Maybe I fixed some things, added some, took away others?
Dale, forgive me for straying a little from Railroad enthusiast's exactness of the engine.i sort of created my own. Some of you may recognize the location of this?

@Shifty said in Vernacular (of range):

I think you guys are just proving OldSchool's point. I used to teach pilots about electromagnetic theory. A typical fighter radar's frequency band depends on whom you're talking to:

ITU - Super High Frequency (SHF)
EU/NATO/US ECM - I band
IEEE/Radar builder - X band

Three different names for the same thing. To make it worse, ITU and IEEE can't even agree on the definition of UHF.

So I told pilots they should ask for numbers instead of names.

Without memorizing all the frequencies, it would seem the next best approach would be:

Suffice it to say a lot of ink would be saved if you were to show the ones that are in my arsenal.....