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Well I started this last week. It was a few cold nights so I had to stop on the century for painting. I'll be getting back on the century as it seems we might have a nice weekend for painting. This is the tamiya kit with Factory81 wide body kit designed by Kei Miura of TRA-Kyoto. It's part of his Rocket Bunny line. I like the design of the body kit as it flows with the body lines really nice. Here it is with the rear mocked up. The black markings is where the body needs to be cut to fit the wider arches. Here I had the arces glued in place. The front bumper wasnt aligned correctly in this pic. Here I aligned the bumper and glued the flares on the other side. The rear diffuser. You can see how wide it is now. I added some putty to the lower part of the bumper. Heres the putty sanded down and a peek at what's to come in the engine bay. It's gonna be a tight squeeeeeez... Why twin turbo?? Well back like 10 years ago i watched an old tuner video from Japan that had an ae86 corolla with a twin turbo 1600, so I figured I'd pay some homage to that 86. This is where I'm at so far. I have to hit up tamiya for a new chassis as the one I have is warped. A first for me with a tamiya kit.