Koji Fujii, the expert fabricator at Mazda strives endlessly to create life-size models as per the designs he receives from the designers’ team. He indulges in repeated fine tuning of his models by carving and polishing them until he reaches perfection.

Fujii is required to create a realistic model of the design that he receives from the combined work of designers, clay modelers and digital modelers. He makes use of a variety of materials like resin, wood and metal to fabricate a 3D ‘hard model’ that is equivalent in quality to the actual production vehicle.

A hard model is developed to make final checks in the design and give it a final sign-off. A fabricator needs to ensure that the hard model is an exact replica of the real model. For this, he needs to practice a lot of precision and pay attention to the tiniest of details. Right from the instrument panel quality to the shape of the door knobs and the transparency level of the lamps, every single part of the model has to be accurately reproduced.

Although Fujii receives the blueprints from the designers, he is open to making revisions at the hard model stage in a bid for perfection in innovation. He embraces learning as a continuous process and visits master craftsmen to imbibe new techniques of playing with materials.

As an expert fabricator, Fujii works in collaboration with the design team at Mazda to produce the product’s final design.

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Cardinale Mazda

500 Auto Center Circle

Salinas, California 93907

Phone: 877.989.9252

Website: www.cardinalemazda.com