To make the full-size model, modelers start with a framework of the vehicle, typically made of foam. Over that, they smooth thousands of pounds of clay over one half of the car.

To make the full-size model, modelers start with a framework of the vehicle, typically made of foam. Over that, they smooth thousands of pounds of clay over one half of the car.

To make the full-size model, modelers start with a framework of the vehicle, typically made of foam. Over that, they smooth thousands of pounds of clay over one half of the car.

They start off as a rough drawing, then become a computerized image, and finally turn into a clay model just before the design is finalized. We have often wondered what happens to these clay ...

Despite advances in industrial-design software, executives at companies such as Ford, Chrysler and Toyota still want to see full-size physical models before committing to production.

It seems that Niels van Roij has enlisted the help of fellow dutchman Bas van Roomen, a coachbuilder and car restorer that has returned to clay modeling to work on the Daytona Shooting Brake ...