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At theCraftiqs, the gap between the digital and the physical is closed in-house. VMC 5-Axis CNC machining and industrial 3D printing operated by the same team that developed the surfaces, so what was approved on screen is what arrives on the desk. Automotive scale models from 1:6 to 1:12, machined from aluminium, brass, wood, marble, resin, composites, or custom material depending on the intent of the model. Product prototypes built at 1:1 and 1:2 scale, whether for concept validation, an investor presentation, or engineering verification. 3D printing running in parallel for rapid iteration and complex geometries that machining alone cannot achieve.
Whether the project is an OEM whose scale model needs to sit alongside production vehicles in a design review without apology, a startup whose prototype must close a room on its own, or a design agency that has handed a material brief to every manufacturer that declined it, the standard is the same. A prototype is not a step in the process. It is a statement about how seriously you take your own vision.
Our Workflow
Automotive Scale Models
Precision-machined models from 1:6 to 1:12 on our VMC 5-Axis CNC - faithful to every surface, every transition, every design decision in the original CAD. Not approximations. Exact representations.
Product Prototypes
Full-scale and half-scale product prototypes built for concept validation, investor presentations, or engineering review - in whatever material the design actually calls for.
Industrial 3D Printing
Complex geometries, rapid iterations, and study models produced alongside CNC machining - so a design can evolve quickly before committing to full precision manufacture.
Material Consultation
We don't hand you a materials menu. We study the design, the brand, and the intent - then recommend the material that serves all three. Aluminum, brass, wood, marble, resin, composites, or custom.
Surface Finishing
The finish is where a prototype earns its credibility. Every surface that leaves our floor is finished to the standard we'd accept if we were the client - which means we redo it until it's right.
Design Driven Manufacturing
Because we design vehicles and products ourselves, we understand what every surface decision means and we improvise intelligently when manufacturing demands it, rather than just following a file blindly.
Brand Focused Production
Every prototype we produce is made specifically for the client and brand it belongs to - one of one, never a generic run. The packaging, the presentation, and the object itself all carry that intentionality.
Honest Communication
If we hit a challenge, we say so immediately - along with how we're going to solve it. No delays hidden until the last day. No promises made that can't be kept.
Communication
How We Collaborate
We ask one thing before any prototype begins - tell us everything. The design intent, the brand story, the presentation context, and any constraints we need to work around. The more we understand about what this object needs to be, the better we can manufacture it.
From there, we keep you in the loop at every meaningful stage. Not with unnecessary updates - with honest ones. If something in the manufacturing process raises a question about the design, we come to you with the question and a proposed solution, not a problem and an apology.
We've done enough of this work to know that the difference between a good prototype and a great one is rarely the machine. It's the person behind it who cares enough to keep going until it's right. That's the standard we bring - every project, every client, every time.
Capabilities
CNC Machining
VMC 3 & 5-Axis CNC Milling
3D Printing
Industrial 3D Printing
Automotive Prototype Scales
1:6 | 1:8 | 1:10 | 1:12
Product Scales
1:1 | 1:2
Materials
Aluminum | Brass | Wood | Marble | Resin | Composites | Custom
Quality.
Every prototype is built to the standard we'd accept if we were the client. That's not policy, it's how we work.
Material.
Aluminum, brass, marble, resin, custom alloys. The material follows the design, not the other way around.
Finish.
We don't sign off until the surface matches the design. Regardless of how many passes that takes.
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