Model Railroading with Jack Burgess Proto:48 Scratch Built Weed Burner Train
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
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In this episode of Model Railroading with Jack Burgess, we take a look at the most amazing and unusual scratch-built piece of railroading equipment I think I have ever seen. It's called a weed burner, and the YV had one. They didn't get it until after 1939, so it couldn't go on the layout. So, what to do? Build it in O Scale, of course!
In this video, Jack shares not only how he built the Fairmont weed burner itself, but also the supporting vehicles that were all part of the weed burning operation. This is capped off with some discussion about a diorama that these models were displayed on.
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Awesome build Jack thanks for sharing..
Scratch building is the real top level of modeling. I've been modeling since I was a little kid and I always modified car kits. In real life people would take real cars and modify them to make hot rods. But there were no kits for those custom cars. So I just took my stock models and modified them the same way someone would if the model was a real car. I began to "kit bash" using parts from multiple kits to make one hot rod. Then I got into model trains and started scratch building structures from balsa wood. Next I started customizing engines. Now I build cars planes wooden ship models and every kind of oddball model I can find. I also started building display bases which led to dioramas. The challenges of kit bashing and scratch building are many but the rewards are great as you so well stated in your video. I spent much time hiking and camping in Yosemite Valley and I know exactly what those rolling oak covered foothills look like and you captured the feel of that place exactly. Great job and I really enjoyed your video.
Thanks squidkid2. If you are interested, you can see my entire layout on RUclips at
ruclips.net/video/EHGkZHLqALY/видео.html
Jack Burgess
I really love all of the old pictures and the history that goes with it ! I was a logger when I was younger and have great memories of the people and the equipment , I really like the detail of the old machinery that you have collected. And I enjoy the story’s you told about the people,but the historical pictures are really fascinating showing the mountains and details of the job .
your a true master of our hobby , I've learned alot from you & your videos . I especially enjoyed the modeling tools video . it was a real help to me only being like 3 years into the hobby . your sir, are a true master . thanks for what you add to our hobby . peace to you and your family . have a great week .
Thanks for you kind words...
Jack Burgess
Wow, such amazing detail. I love the explanation of the thought process!
THANK YOU...for sharing. A true craftsman.
Hi Jack ---I don't usually watch this sort of thing, but I am here to say , you have made a very interesting , descriptive and informative video that was a pleasure to watch. I really enjoyed your description of the techniques you use, and particularly , the reasoning behind them. Thanks so much for all the time you spent making this and sharing ---It's really worthwhile . Kind regards, J J Davies
JJ...
You might be interested in another video I did a year ago on building 11 M of W cars (in HO):
ruclips.net/video/JQOr0CRinzM/видео.html
At the end of that video I talk about a crane I was building at the time the video was shot. You can see the finished crane at the start of the next video:
ruclips.net/video/yOKhxE56n8o/видео.html
That video finishes up with me sharing a 1/4 full size steam cab I built to run trains on my layout at that time.
Jack Burgess
Fantastic. I’m impressed by the depth of your research and the story that it reveals in your modeling process. Thanks
Very kind comments Kennedy...thanks.
Jack Burgess
He is amazing. I can hardly get past building a kit!
like your videos spent 13 years in Merced during 60-70,s Air Force and Pro bowling Thanks for the memorys
A true master! I really enjoyed this and the video about the logging inclines.
Beautiful work. I am in awe.
impressive quality of work
I wondered why you must model all details, many are not noticeable for a person watching the model from a distance, then I realized that your model is a complete 3d timecapsule of US railway history. Is there a documentary about you an YVRR?, if not someone , should make one!!
Great attention to detail, plus the way you were still able to build the model outside of your time frame
Beautiful craftsmanship Jack. Thank you for sharing.
Another great video. Thanks.
Thanks, Jack. Another great time listening and learning. Happy New Year and stay healthy.
I am old enough to remember seeing a track burner in use. They were frightening looking beast to a 8 year old railspotter.
That is very impressive and inspiring. Very cool!
Glad you liked it!
Every video Jack makes is inspiring not only for the hobby but also for history.
Absolutely amazing, I'm always in awe of Jack's work!
These videos always inspire me to be more prototypical in modelling my own model railway
That is one of my goals in making these videos! Thanks for sharing!
Jack Burgess
I've been attempting to scratch build some models my self... good luck and good work!
Hamilton...
If you haven't watched them yet, I've done two videos on working with styrene, two videos on scratchbuilding structures, and another video on scratchingbuilding M of W cars...
Jack Burgess
@@yvfan have you done one on locomotives cause that's what I'm attempting to do!?
@@yvfan also I'll check your vids out and give ya a like
None on locomotives. Back i980s I worked with a brass importer and got all 5 of the YV 2-6-0s imported. I provided plans and photos and checked out the pilot model and he gave me the last two for free. I kit-bashed the last two locomotives I needed from Bachmann Spectrum 4-4-0s. I also kitbash a 4-4-0 which was still on the railroad in 19i39 but out of service. I 3D printed the boiler, cylinders, and tender but it is a static model. That model (and a couple others) will be in the February 2021 issue of the MRH magazine.
@@yvfan that's really awsome... good luck!
I am out of superlatives to describe your Attention to Detail and Care to ensure the complete Authenticity of the Scene you created, many thanks for sharing this. Thanks also to John on the other end of the Camera.
Amazing!!!
There's a part of me that wants to rewatch all of Jack's YV videos and go out a hunt down the locations that still exist. Maybe I'll do tha when I get my new vehicle.
Not much still exists. You can join the groups.io chat list for the Yosemite Valley Railroad and ask questions about what there is to see, etc.
Jack Burgess
fantastic work, im going to stick my big mouth out there and say only , would have been great if it was built in a larger scale. But only so I could see it better, LOL...
always admire your work, very professional. The diorama is incredible, very well done.
Always inspiring Jack, Love it all, I go back and re watch some episodes and I get other ideas or tip tidbits I hadnt noticed before. Thanks every so much!
Great video Jack!! I always enjoy seeing how you research & develop your builds and scenes. They are inspiring to say the least....Thanks
Thanks Rich...
Jack Burgess
Dear Sir,
Brilliant research and construction! I am really impressed. Just be extra careful when using this on your layout! :O)
Cheers from Brazil!
Damn...hardcore and it shows
mr. burgess! great video series, keep em coming Lol can i buy some of your pole insulators? thanks again
Yes, I could set that up but they would cost $10.00 for the sprue plus shipping. They would be in O scale and then you would need to do like I did and purchase a wood lathe for $200 to turn the poles!
Jack Burgess
Great video, Jack! Fantastic model! Keep it up! But, what is left for you to build on the YVRR?
Greg...Right now I have one combine and two passenger cars left to scratchbuild but currently I'm building three of the early cabooses...maybe as a way to not start on those passenger cars. I want to replace one bridge on my layout and I still have about 40 resin freight cars that I can build. But I enjoy scratchbuilding much more than putting together kits. I have also agreed to build a 1/48 model of YV Observation car 330 for the friend who owns that car. I still have some things to figure how to do on that project like making the sides which are 2" wide V-Groove siding.
Jack
Nice models.
I think that 3D modelling/printing is addictive only for a certain level of rivets counting. When 3D modelling, it is mandatory to have dimensions, and a lot of photos for details, otherwise it will hard to reproduce something. With scratch building, especially for small things like furniture, it is more easy to just evoke the stuff, from one or two photos.
I think that both methods are complementary, as not everything need to be 100% real.
Different modelers have different skills, available information and photos, and different expectations. I have scratchbuilt structures based on the only information that I had at the time and later found actual plans and built a new model and scrapped the first one. In one of my videos I talk about a YV steam crane that I built. I had a very good side view photo of the car and all that I knew was the wheel diameter on the trucks. Using Photoshop I measured the size of the wheel in the photo and then I could determine the axle spacing. From that I could get the length of the crane and height and finally drew up plans for the car and printed the boom and a lot of details for the car. I could not have built that car if 3D printing wasn't available.
I said that 3D modeling is additive since it lets you make things such as correct windows and doors for structures that you want to build. I have probably drawn up over a 100 different parts.
Jack Burgess
@@yvfan Sure, it depends on a lot of things. From my experience, I have the tendency to 3D models a lot more details than if I scratch build it, because it is more easy to do it on a screen. But then I loose time for details that barely print, and are anyway hard to see on the finished model!
Maybe it is because I pass already too much time on the PC at work (software engineer), but if I like 3D modelling, I still prefer to do it with my hands.
Sure, some parts are very difficult to do if not 3D printed. I also made some flywheel and other wheels, and a very fine derrick lattice (just above the printing limits), but on the other hands, I'm sure I have enjoyed more scratch building O scale furniture than if I 3D printing them (I also don't want to search a lot of documentation for something that doesn't interest me that much in the first place).
Thank you for sharing. Are those 3D drawing videos Jack points out available to watch?
Yes...I did one back in March...it is at:
ruclips.net/video/u1tNkTbV3DY/видео.html
The weed burner video is the 17th one the John and I have done.
Jack Burgess
@@yvfan You should do another one. I just watched it. Seeing if I can draw something after watching your video. Thanks for sharing.
So....are you from the Tuolumne County area? If so, I'd like to check out your model trains. I live over in Angels Camp.
This weed burner and extinguisher cars are really nice. You did an amazing job on them. Too bad you didn't keep the diorama. Does MRH magazine put out a physical paper magazine or is it online only? I really like the articles and information provided by them but I'm not real big on reading things like that on the internet. I'd rather have a physical copy to thumb through because I enjoy that experience and having it on hand to look back on without having to get online. Plus I know I'll always have it and be able to find it where as the website for the magazine my be gone at anytime and not be able to access the information because its gone.
I think that MRH published a book with the 100 best articles in it, or something like that.
Saving the PDF of the magazines, and reading them on a tablet isn't that bad.
But sure, I also prefer paper magazines and books, but digital magazines also have advantages, I would not be able to read MRH from France otherwise because of postage cost.