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| The silver scale model 1963
Avanti shown above was modeled by Toyota chief engineer, Yuichiro
Obu. Obu describes his Avanti model
as "one of the all time best-styled coupes."
– Yuichiro Obu:, "One of
my friends said he had never seen one (an AMT 1963 Avanti) built
well, which aspired me to build one myself. The kit was almost
fifteen years old and I did not have sufficient information
about the car's details to build the kit. Very luckily, the
Toyota Museum displayed a mint-condition Avanti and I was able
to obtain a lot of photos and information of the car's details.
The doors, originally movable parts, were glued to the body
to avoid bad fitting. The body shape looked fairly good. Only
sink marks needed putty work. The hood needed corrections in
the shape to mate the body, but still has steps from the body
after being built. The body was coated with 'Finisher's Fine
Silver' as well as with 'Finisher's Auto Clear.' 'Finisher's
Fine Silver' consists of very fine particles and gives an exellent
shine. All the stainless steel parts as well as emblems were
covered with 'Bare-Metal Chrome.' I left the body color on the
head lamp bezels and the head lamp covers undone to avoid 'toy-look
detailing.' The grill looked wrong, so I did not attach it as
seen in the real car at the museum. As finished, this model
represents a nice look of one of the all time best-styled coupes."
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