Muscle Machine artist Rohan Day recently included a link in his email newsletter that directed readers over to JoesDiecastShack.com where he explained the process of creating a Muscle Machine from concept to finished product. Here are the pictures and notes that Rohan shared on Joe’s site:

Recently I’ve been asked a couple times what the process is behind the creation of a Muscle Machine, so I’m posting a sequence of images to give some idea of how it typically happens. First up is a rendering.

Second Stage is a sketch model. Here you can see a comparison of a stock bodied model to the Muscle Machines sketch model that has been cut, shut, and reproportioned.

From the sketch model the factory cuts this first model on which the tooling will be based.

Normally there’s a bit of a conversation as to how to fine tune the model, so notes get sent back and forth. Photoshop mockups help with the communication.

This is a later model from the factory taking into account the notes that have sent to them about any mods that were needed.

Once the factory resin models have been signed off on, you see the first early pre production samples, which are often a little rough around the edges.

Paint schemes and specs of which wheel/tire/hood/engine/color combos are mapped out on ‘E-sheets’.

The original drawing is modified to reflect the chosen paint schemes and is generally used on trading card art.

Finally you receive a pre-production sample that really looks like the production piece, though often a couple minor alterations need to be made. Sorry I meant to use the Purple with flames Vette pre-pro, but can’t find it…

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