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Washington DC GTG 1:28 scale RC racing club

Having a good time racing RC's, chatting with drivers, and enjoying good fun!

We have grown from a basement hobby to a fully managed racing program within Hobby Works in Laurel, Maryland. My education started in 2004 and still working on self improvement, growth and achievement.

Blaze Zaku Phantom Warrior Jaguar XJR-14Materials:Kyosho Jaguar XJR-14 unpainted bodyKrylon Fusion Matte Deep GrayKrylon...
08/09/2026

Blaze Zaku Phantom Warrior Jaguar XJR-14
Materials:
Kyosho Jaguar XJR-14 unpainted body
Krylon Fusion Matte Deep Gray
Krylon Fusion Matte Glacier Gray
Kyrlon Fusion Satin Black
Rustoleum 2X Fuzzy Peach
Rustoleum Husqvarna Orange
Krylon Fusion Satin Clear
Molotow Liquid Chrome pen
Delphi MG BLAZE ZAKU PHANTOM WATER DECAL

I've been running an XJR autoscale for awhile now, while I was working on some back log projects and with those completed, jumped back to the XJR to make a team body. For this one, I choose Orange as the primary color and was familiar with the Blaze Zaku and jumped in. It was NOT easy finding two tones of Orange. I like the Huqvarna as a bold color but not in the same way that Popsicle Orange is. The lighter shade took a couple weeks to find. It wasn't my first choice but it was the closest thing to my target color that was available in store near me. So Peach it is. I have to be honest, when I got done with laying down Peach, I almost walked away from it. It's a touch lighter tone than I has hoping for but I stuck it out and kept telling myself, just finishes it and maybe it will come together at the end. Now that it's one, I like it a lot more than I initially did and glad I completed it. If I were to make another, I would choose a different color and not Peach. I also completely forgot to add a splash of Red other than the door handles.

With this one done, I need to take a break and knock out my back log of Gunpla that need decals applied. I kid you not, it's at least 8 deep. Some of them have so many it's just too easy to keep putting them off.

Next Gundam camo car may be a black, white, grey color pattern. Not sure what that bod would be at the moment. Any suggestions?

Green Camo Reflex Racing MF-1Materials used:Reflex Racing MF-1 unpainted bodyKrylon Fusion Satin ClearKrylon Fusion Glos...
07/27/2026

Green Camo Reflex Racing MF-1

Materials used:
Reflex Racing MF-1 unpainted body
Krylon Fusion Satin Clear
Krylon Fusion Gloss Popsicle Orange
Krylon Fusion Satin Black
Krylon Fusion Matte Beach Glass
Rustoleum 2X Gloss Key Lime
Rustoleum 2X Satin Lagoon

This one was a request from a local racer. They wanted specific colors with a camo pattern and left the rest up to me. I ran with the greens for the camo and used orange and black to accent various body lines.
I don't have this one mounted as I'm to leave all the smaller pits for them to install.

Camo Gundam Zaku theme race liveries just increased by one!Left to right, Oldest to newest. My son has one like the Por...
07/26/2026

Camo Gundam Zaku theme race liveries just increased by one!

Left to right, Oldest to newest. My son has one like the Porsche in his pit bag.

MS-09RS Rick Dom Reflex Racing MF-01Materials:Reflex Racing MF-01 unpainted bodyKrylon Fusion Matte Deep GrayKyrlon Fusi...
07/26/2026

MS-09RS Rick Dom Reflex Racing MF-01
Materials:
Reflex Racing MF-01 unpainted body
Krylon Fusion Matte Deep Gray
Kyrlon Fusion Satin Black
Rustoleum 2X Gloss Grape
Rustoleum 2X Satin French Lilac
Krylon Fusion Gloss Red Pepper
Krylon Fusion Satin Clear
Delphi MG V2.0 decals, Delphi MG MS-09RS decals

I'm sticking with my Gundam theme for my own personal cars for awhile however I'm not making all the the same. I'm creating camo patterns based on a characters model colors. For this one, I bought an MF-1, being the latest and greatest thing to hit the market and decided to go with a Rick Dom Purple color way. In general, the camo pattern is mostly the same on all of them, as I pattern the next off the last. They are all hand drawn out and cut so no two are identical but the general ratio of colors is the same except for any specific trims. For this one, The Rick Dom has a distinct red trim on the head and translated that to a ring around the front glass. Most of these have Char's unit symbols so I carry that forward on all of them at this point.
Taping over swooping curvy surfaces is not easy nor fun but I think it turned out well. Next question will be, what do I use it on? I have an RX28 with KISS front end, if that fits.

Hankook 4th of July Mercedes C9 SauberMaterials:Silver Horse Racing Unpainted Mbz C9 SauberKrylon Gloss Red PepperKrylon...
07/12/2026

Hankook 4th of July Mercedes C9 Sauber
Materials:
Silver Horse Racing Unpainted Mbz C9 Sauber
Krylon Gloss Red Pepper
Krylon Gloss Patriotic Blue
Krylon Satin Black
Kyrlon Brilliant Metallic Silver
Tamiya Flat Black
Tamiya Clear Red
Molotow Liquid Chrome Pen
Pattos Dijon racing GT300 No. 34 2011 clear vinyl decals at 1:27 scale with background colors removed.

This was an opportunity to get creative with local racer request for specific graphics but left the livery look entirely up to me. I happened to start this one week of July 4th and decided to go with a custom Red, White and Blue color scheme for stylized Hankook stripes. I added some movement lines hoping it would make it a bit more dynamic vs. flat color stripes.

Apologies for the relative silence over the last week. I was focused on finishing up some local racer projects, both pa...
06/24/2026

Apologies for the relative silence over the last week. I was focused on finishing up some local racer projects, both painting, ordering decals and planning stages for others, options for visually impaired racing and some other graphic stuff for local racing before taking a week off from, well, most everything. The past 8 months or so have been pretty heavy, in almost all regards. I try my best to keep my work, hobbies and life separated to some extent but some times you just need a break. The misses and I packed some bags and headed off to Barbados for a week. Amongst the many things we’ve done while on the island, we visited Animal Flower Cave and it was an appropriate metaphor for life experience that didn’t hit me till I sat down and soaked it in. In life, like most things, you can often get lost in the dark and just need to find that light at the end of the tunnel and forge on. I promise, the analogy works on multiple levels, including Mini-Z racing. For most of us, folks like me included, it’s doesn’t come easy. With some patience, determination and supportive community, it remains one of my favorite hobbies after 26 years of RC.

I’ll be back for racing this weekend and ready to go! Sadly I’ll be flying during the US World Cup match. I’ve watched more football in the last week than the last couple years.

Reminder, we are racing at Hobby Works this Saturday! Solidifying some class rules that will be shared with our local p...
06/24/2026

Reminder, we are racing at Hobby Works this Saturday! Solidifying some class rules that will be shared with our local partner at Columbia Mach 5 Mini Raceway. We will be talking more about that in the coming weeks. Sharing some graphics I’ve been working on, works in progress. Hobby Works will focus on small track experience, Columbia Mach 5 will handle the mid size track experience and don’t forget, IAM-RC Hobby Shop continues their summer series on large track racing! Our classes will be very similar if not the same as what your used to at IAM-RC. Locally and regionally, there are unique track experiences for everyone!

Macross VF-22S Jaguar XJR-14Materials:Kyosho Jaguar XJR-14 unpainted bodyKrylon Fusion Satin BluebirdKyrlon Fusion Satin...
06/18/2026

Macross VF-22S Jaguar XJR-14
Materials:
Kyosho Jaguar XJR-14 unpainted body
Krylon Fusion Satin Bluebird
Kyrlon Fusion Satin Black
Krylon Fusion Matte Deep Grey
Krylon Fusion Gloss Popsicle Orange
Molotow Liquid Chrome pen
Tamiya Flat Red
Tamiya Black panel line accent color
HG VF-22S Sturmvogel II decals

This is my first XJR I've painted and a local racer request to pair with their Macross 720S, https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1AvjMMayYA/

the white stripe as a bit of a challenge to adapt on this body, it doesn't have the natural lines the 720S has that match so well. I look forward to painting many more of these!

I painted the wheels to match but they are such a pain to pop on and off a dummy chassis. Apologies for the wonky camera angle, makes the rear wing look crooked.

Reminder! We are racing at Hobby Works this Saturday!Looking forward to some good track time with good folks, spending ...
05/26/2026

Reminder! We are racing at Hobby Works this Saturday!

Looking forward to some good track time with good folks, spending time introducing new folks to the hobby and plan is to get more timed racing completed. We will start with Kyosho Stock as usual and follow up with either 3500AAA or 2500 LiPo depending on how many are present.

I picked up one of the new Jaguar XJR RTR last time and just about right out of the box, on par with best lap times! Probably going to be the most popular LM racing car.

Kent Racing Toyota GRMN YarisMaterials:Krylon Fusion Satin BlackKrylon Fusion Matte Fire RedRust-Oleum Satin Sweet PeaMo...
05/24/2026

Kent Racing Toyota GRMN Yaris

Materials:
Krylon Fusion Satin Black
Krylon Fusion Matte Fire Red
Rust-Oleum Satin Sweet Pea
Molotow Liquid Chrome pen
Tamiya Panel Line Black
Krylon Fusion Satin Clear

This is more a proof of concept. I bought some of the RX& white bodies and picked up some vintage livery decals and wanted to see how much I could do in paint alone so I laid out some mask tape over the decals, traced the numbers out and transposed them to the body, measured and laid out the stripes and while doing the roof, chose to block out a number card vs. just have the stripes interrupted by the numbers. I tested a circle first but this shape seemed to fit better proportionally. I chose to extend the strips down the back tailgate, the OG does not continue beyond the roof. Rather than live with a solid color, I color matched the side skirt panel to the stripes. CI carried this over to the front grille accents as well. I should have used the grey panel liner on this one, maybe next time. In the end, I thought this would be best as a nice clean livery and left off all the sponsor graphics. I'll save those for the RX7 variant.

I already have a chassis setup for the GRMN Yaris so at some point, I can get some use out of it. It was mainly to practice stenciling numbers. If I keep up the dtenciling, maybe I"ll borrow my wifes' Cricut and make my own stencils. At least it was a fun to do. There are some days you just put something mind numbing on in the background and want to focus on hobby stuff to unwind and it was nice to do that this week. It was only about 3 days of work overall though. While a simple in design, it's all paint and no decals.

On a side note, working with Autoscale Studio again on some custom resin printed wheels for this body. Going to try printing some OZ Ralley wheels in the same sizes/offsets as those for the printed wheels he did for my KPGC. For the time being, I used my EK Civic display chassis for photos.

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