Being limited for time can be a benefit and a curse, I hate not being able to finish an image but I like solving problems and finding effective solutions. In this example I was very aware that I would not have the time to prep, light, render and post-produce a photo-real image with more than one vehicle (which was the brief) so I tried to find a fun if not gimmicky way around it. I found my excuse in die-cast models and was able to turn this image around in an hour plus render time.

How to cheat scale:

1 - Remove all parts deemed too detailed e.g. grills, windscreen wipers etc.

2 - Group and shrink moving parts to increase the panel gaps, in this case the doors and bonnet.

3 - Large radius rounded edges on everything

4 - Large orange peel

A few additional touches including brake disks that do not spin when the wheels do and plastic tyres help with the illusion.

I built the ramp using a straight piece and a number of bend deformers, heavy subsurface scattering on the shader. 

I roughly built a table to match some in the HDRI (3 cubes).

Heavy depth of field to simulate a macro lens and hide sins.

Hope you like it.