MINI MUSEUM; Art Center student goes big into small cars.(Revs)

Byline: PATRICK C. PATERNIE With rows of Lamborghinis, Ferraris, Porsches, race cars and other coveted classic collectible vehicles stacked six layers deep into a hillside near the Hollywood sign, Tak Yamamoto has assembled the ultimate automotive museum. "Assembled'' is the operative word, as the entire collection is a 1/87th scale model the Art Center College of Design student built as his final project. The museum is Yamamoto's Project X, a course in which Art Center students are given free rein to research and design whatever stirs their creativity. He confesses ...