There are a lot of reddit posts about storage for X-Wing Miniatures models, from cases with cut outs specific to each ship to (like Feldherr or Battle Foam cases) to tackle boxes and small organizers. The former tend to look better but they are also a lot more expensive, especially as your collection grows over […]

Many years ago I used to paint pewter figures (badly), and more recently I’ve done some painting on HO scale buildings for my model train layout. I never really thought about painting X-Wing Miniatures models but after seeing some pictures of what others have done, I really wanted to get some custom paint schemes on […]

The next round of X-Wing Miniatures expansions have been released (July 2017), and pretty much as soon as I got them I had to magnetize them. These Wave XI ships were pretty easy and straightforward to magnetize, so there’s nothing crazy to note about any of these ships. I did have an issue with my […]

I was able to do more work on my HO scale train table layout mountain and scenery. As this was the first time I’ve done scenery I was a little apprehensive, but I decided to just dive in. I taped up the rock castings and sprinkled grasses all over the mountain. The lid on the […]

It’s been a long time since I had an update on my HO scale train table layout, and that is mostly due to the fact that I haven’t actually done anything on it. Over the last several months I tried setting aside some time to work on it, mostly creating the mountain and tunnels on […]

This is the third year that I’ve gone to the Fullerton Railroad Days event, and this year there was something special – a 4-8-4 Baldwin Locomotive Works steam locomotive. Santa Fe #3751 arrived Thursday night (4/30) at the Fullerton Station, being led by a BNSF locomotive. This wasn’t the first time the engine has showed […]

After setting up my train table and finalizing the track layout, my next step was to start adding buildings and structures. For a while I wished I went with N-scale since I could fit so much more on the 5’x8′ table that I built, but after building HO-scale structures, I am so glad I didn’t. […]

Apparently the city of Fullerton does the Fullerton Railroad Days most years, and I wanted to check it out (especially since it’s only a few miles away). There were several different layouts in different scales, but the one I liked the most was a modular HO layout as you first walk into the area which […]

I don’t remember what exactly it was that made me decide to start model railroading, but one day early February 2013 my wife, our 9 month old baby and I went to the local model train store and ended up getting a locomotive, a 3-bay hopper and a loop of Kato Unitrack (with power pack!). […]