1967 Toyota 2000 GT -- James Bond

[gjorenby]

From James Bond -- You Only Live Twice.  I was a disappointment with this kit from Doyusha (1:20 scale).  Although the box art markets it as the car from the James Bond movie, the only thing James Bond about this kit was the fact that they added a figure of James Bond and Aki.  While the kit is the correct model car to match the movie, and made into a convertible (there never were any convertibles in production but Sean Connery was too tall to fit into it and film effectively, so the chopped the top off), it had none of the Bond movie gadgets or details.  So I made an attempt to customize the dash, adding it correct switches and knobs, the parking brake lever, camera lenses, etc.  The console located behind the seats (which had a TV screen in the movie among other equipment) was completely missing from the kit.  So I fashioned that as well.

The engine was fairly detailed but I did add in plug wires and an accelerator control rod to the carburetors.

The kit was also missing a movie correct license plate so made one up using Photoshop.

While the doors do open, they are poorly fitting.  A fun build to try and add all the details, but did not like the quality of the kit in general.

 

[Rich Chernosky]

I have this kit done and I agree the quality was not the greatest. But sometimes you to have work with what you have. I think what you did was very good and appreciate the fact you went the extra yards to make it correct.  

[beeRS]

Good job on correcting this to the proper Bond car it should have been. I always thought these 2000GTs were a beatiful shape.