Prototyping

Prototyping

Making Ideas Real

Category:

Design & Manufacturing

3+

Completed

Projects

Status:

Accepting Projects

A hero image of Pagani Alisea 1:12 scaled sculpture from a photoshoot.
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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.

Pagani Alisea 1:!2 Scale model manufactured and designed by theCraftiqs | A Design Studio
Pagani Alisea 1:!2 Scale model manufactured and designed by theCraftiqs | A Design Studio
Pagani Alisea 1:!2 speedform manufactured and designed by theCraftiqs | A Design Studio
Pagani Alisea 1:!2 speedform manufactured and designed by theCraftiqs | A Design Studio
Ferrari 12 Cilindri model manufactured and designed by theCraftiqs | A Design Studio
Ferrari 12 Cilindri model manufactured and designed by theCraftiqs | A Design Studio

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.

FAQ:

FAQ:

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What file format do you need to start manufacturing a prototype?

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What materials can you work with?

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How do you handle surface finishing?

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Can you produce a prototype from a developed design?

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What's a realistic timeline for a precision scale model?

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What file format do you need to start manufacturing a prototype?
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What materials can you work with?
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How do you handle surface finishing?
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Can you produce a prototype from a developed design?
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What's a realistic timeline for a precision scale model?

If you want to know anything else:

If you want to know anything else:

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the translation.

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Pagani Alisea 1:!2 Scale model manufactured and designed by theCraftiqs | A Design Studio