Was shown a book at work this week by a japanese colleague & was surprised to see a number of photos of the mighty z32 in its early design phases so thought i would share.
The book is about clay modeling (what i do) & was produced by the head modeler at nissan in the late 90's to show the public how the process works. design review stage featuring life sized renderings & 1/4 scale clay models. note z31 model used as comparison.
 early interior concept, scale model made of foam.
 various levels of progress with 1:1 clay models.
 working on the chosen design. 'pointer' machines used to balance the design from left to right hand side. We now use alias and 3 & 5 axis mills.
 
a plastic model, again 1:1 scale. moulds taken from clay version & plastic panels created.
 1:1 scale model of interior made entirely of wood. Used for shows.
 cheers, Tim
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