September 7, 2018This canal model was built for a museum display. The site model depicts a set of working locks. A lock…
June 27, 2018This large satellite model was created for training purposes. Our client needed a realistic satellite replica to mount onto a…- February 23, 2018This separator model was commissioned as a sales tool for the veterinary industry. This remarkable product separates blood into plasma…
- February 2, 2018This tankless water heater model is approximately 1/3 the size of the real product and stands about 3 feet tall.…
- December 20, 2017This aircraft simulator model was built for sales use. The real product is 35 feet long and far too big…
- December 8, 2017Building a custom truck model from scratch can be time consuming and expensive. However, with this project KiwiMill was able…
- December 1, 2017This gyroscope model was built for display purposes. Gyroscopes are placed inside satellites to aid in navigation. The model is…
- November 17, 2017This generic satellite model was created for a lobby display. Although they are not a satellite company, our client wanted…
- November 10, 2017This hubble telescope model measures 14 inches long. It was built as a decorative object for an office display. The…
- October 27, 2017This 1/2 scale bridge construction model is built for trade show use. Our client's product is designed to make bridge…
- October 4, 2017This truck storage model was built to showcase different storage systems designed to make working out of a truck easier…
- September 8, 2017This 3D printed architectural model depicts a retirement home community. Now that architectural drawings for new construction are being drawn…
- June 30, 2017This fracking trailer model is a 50 inch long replica of our client's proppant delivery system. The model highlights our…
- June 23, 2017This construction diorama was built to attract attention in a trade show booth. Our client sells software. The model was…
- May 19, 2017This cooling system model was built for trade show use. The actual product is a very complex design. It is…
- April 12, 2017These railroad tank car models are 5 feet long each. They were built for training purposes. Instead of safety training in the…
- March 31, 2017This cooling system model is a simplified display of a refrigerated production facility. The purpose of the model was to…
- March 1, 2017These electric power models were built for trade show use. Three copies of the same equipment were hand crafted by KiwiMill.…
- February 8, 2017This ship propulsion model demonstrates three different ways electric motors can be added to a ship's propulsion system. The model…
- February 2, 2017This power transformer model showcases our client's product. The product is small enough to be brought to trade shows by…
- January 13, 2017This art tower model was created as a prop for an art show installation. Our client needed an underground storage vault…
December 30, 2016This Ford F100 Truck Model is a replica hand built by KiwiMill model makers. The 4 foot long model was…
November 21, 2016This forklift diorama was commissioned by our client to show appreciation to a sales team for their efforts. The diorama…- September 7, 2016KiwiMill built this Double Effect Steam Chiller Model for trade show use. The original products measure over 20 feet long…
- July 15, 2016This warehouse model was built in 1" = 35' scale. It represents a new facility being built by our client. The…
June 28, 2016KiwiMill built this Steam Chiller Model for trade show use. The original product measures over 20 feet long and is…- May 13, 2016KiwiMill built two storage tank models for use in trade show exhibits. The models were built at the same time. Having…
- April 14, 2016These two Solar Array Models are replicas of the same product. The longer model represents a tiny section of a…
- February 26, 2016KiwiMill was asked to create this Fishing Reel Display Model for trade show use. The display uses the exploded view…
- January 15, 2016KiwiMill recently built a Bioreactor Model. The purpose of the model was to demonstrate a new design concept in the bio…
- January 7, 2016This trophy truck model was built for a corporate client to be given as a gift. An off-the-shelf 1:10 scale…
- November 19, 2015This historical site model was created for a museum in Western NY. The model depicts a community of Native American Seneca people living in…
November 10, 2015KiwiMill was commissioned to create an 11 foot longhouse replica for the Seneca Arts and Cultural Center this past summer. The…
October 22, 2015This pumpjack model was part of a large oil diorama. The diorama consisted of various vignettes depicting oil monitoring equipment. KiwiMill built…- October 16, 2015This gene sequencing model was designed to show potential buyers the process by which DNA samples are moved through a…
- September 18, 2015This summer KiwiMill has been working on two big museum model exhibits simultaneously. One is for a museum in New…
- September 2, 2015This intersection model was created to demonstrate the modular properties of our client's concrete product for road surfaces. This unique design…
August 28, 2015This industrial fan model was commissioned for trade show use. Our client wanted to feature the special sound bending components inside…- August 21, 2015This sales model of a basketball court was used by a professional team to sell advertising at their home games.…
- August 14, 2015KiwiMill Model Makers has officially moved to its new address. The shop is up and running again with more space, equipment, technology and improved…
July 10, 2015This desktop rocket model was developed for our client in order to improve on a previous design. Our client had…- July 8, 2015With the advent of Photoshop the need for actual physical props has lessened over the years. So it was enjoyable for…
- July 1, 2015KiwMill built 20 HO scale train model displays of the Citadis Spirit. The body of the train model was milled out of tooling board…
- June 18, 2015It's time for flocking our latest architectural model. What is flock, you say? It's the process by which our model…
- June 10, 2015These two protozoa display models of a Rotifier and a Water Bear were built for a water treatment client. These 36” long…
- June 5, 2015Recently KiwiMill built a total of 84 sale models for an existing client. This sales model is a mock-up of…
- May 27, 2015These storage container models were built as sales tools for trade show use. The actual products are used to store…
- May 22, 2015KiwiMill has been on Pinterest for a few years now, pinning to boards. With categories like “3D Printed Art,” “Beauty In…
- May 13, 2015This lubrication system model was built to highlight our client's particular product within an overall industrial system. The colored portion of…
- April 30, 2015These two protozoa models of a Rotifier and a Water Bear were built for a water treatment client. These 36” long models…
March 27, 2015This exhibit trailer model was built to show prospective clients the interior lay out of a traveling exhibit moving van.…- March 20, 2015Custom crate building is a lesser known service our model shop provides. While many of our scale models are small…
- February 6, 2015This wastewater evaporator model was built for trade show use. It is 1/3 the size of the original product, and…
- January 29, 2015Our client needed a fast turn around time for this model build. A sales meeting was scheduled to unveil a…
- January 22, 2015The build for the manifold trailer model was complex. There were many detailed, intricate parts that needed to be included…
December 31, 2014KiwiMill ends the year with model parts heaped on every horizontal space in the shop. Everywhere I look, parts are…- December 5, 2014This radio communications model was made out of machinist's board with cast resin fins. For realism, real RF connectors were…
- November 20, 2014This airplane fuselage model was built for a company that makes cargo nets. The cargo nets are installed in planes…
- November 20, 2014This computer product model is a mock-up of a computer memory module. The model was made out of sheet metal.…
- November 14, 2014KiwiMill recently built an airplane fuselage model for a company that makes cargo nets. The cargo nets are installed in…
- November 7, 2014This capacitor model is a larger than life replica of an electronic component, designed to attract attention at a trade…
- October 31, 2014KiwiMill built this simple, medium detail PV skid model in a week. In spite of its simplicity, the model will…
- October 24, 2014This PV skid model is a great example of how a simple, clean, medium detail replica can make a big…
- October 3, 2014This oil dehydrator model was built for trade show use. The company previously had one built by someone else, but…
- September 26, 2014A while back KiwiMill worked on this propane facility model depicting a natural gas refining site. The propane facility model included…
- September 11, 2014This furnace model features a lift off top and unique materials for trade show use. The body of the model…
- August 27, 2014This architectural prop model was a rush order for a photo shoot. Only the front facade of the building need…
- August 21, 2014A while back KiwiMill received a rush order for an architectural prop model to be used in an international photo…
- August 15, 2014This hip implant model is 3 1/2 x the size of the real implant. This human friendly scale shows off…
- August 6, 2014This waste water pond model simulates the real thing with working parts. The parts of the model disassemble and fit…
- August 1, 2014Oil and gas models represent the tools & technology found in the petro industry. Oilfield sites contain a vast supply…
July 24, 2014KiwiMill built a newer version of this model. Take a look here: Hydroelectric Dam Working Model This is a working model…- July 10, 2014This architectural retirement community model was built as a sales tool for developers. The retirement community model was designed using…
- July 3, 2014Check out this recent project from KiwiMill. it's a working model of a hydroelectric dam. This working model of a…
June 17, 2014Occasionally KiwiMill is asked to make a model of a particular part of a previous scale model. This recent project…- June 11, 2014This turbine sump pump model is an enlarged section of an underground storage tank KiwiMill had built previously for the…
June 6, 2014These door models were a promotional desktop model for a client. The laser cut doors have hand painted handles and…
May 28, 2014Model Maker Mike built this satellite model recently for ATK. KiwiMill has a long history of satellite model builds. This…- May 9, 2014KiwiMill specializes in custom models that are one-time orders. Our professional model makers design and fabricate unique scale models for…
- May 2, 2014This satellite model is motorized with a geared stepper motor that rotates the solar panels once in a 24 hour…
- May 2, 2014This is a motorized solar panel model. It's made to mimic the real product, which is programmed to follow the…
April 24, 2014This propane facility model depicts a natural gas refining site. The propane facility model included a 1:24 scale truck, buildings,…- April 10, 2014Our most recent scale model build went from zero to 100 in 2 weeks. It's not the usual time…
April 1, 2014This is another industrial skid model of equipment produced by Energy Recovery. These products are used to harness fluid energy…- March 21, 2014This shoulder cup model depicts a medical implant. It's 4X the regular size of the real product. Open cell foam was…
March 14, 2014This Fuel Monitoring Cabinet was built for trade show use. The model is in 1:3 scale. It resembles the real…- March 13, 2014KiwiMill just shipped a new copy of a Shoulder Cup Model to a regular client for trade show use.…
- February 27, 2014This trade show model of a Fuel Monitoring Cabinet debuted this past January at the AHR Expo at the Javits…
- February 21, 2014This vapor absorption model was built for trade show use for an international customer. The real life machine takes hot…
- February 20, 2014This vapor absorption model was one of three different models that KiwiMill built for the AHR Expo 2014.…
- January 28, 2014KiwiMill received a commission to create a Swiss Canton Sign to display in a client’s home. The Swiss Canton sign…
- January 17, 2014KiwiMill was recently asked to build a Swiss Canton Sign for private display in a client's home. Swiss cantons are…
- December 13, 2013This custom truck model was built from an RC kit in 1:14 scale. Our model makers kit bashed the generic…
- December 12, 2013This custom truck model was a fun build. The truck model came to us as an RC kit in 1:14…
- November 22, 2013These rocket launch pad models were made in a large, 1:200th scale. The rocket launch pads were made from a…
- November 14, 2013KiwiMill just finished up the second half of a large NASA project, a pair of 1:50th scale rocket launcher models.…
- November 13, 2013This underground storage tank cutaway model was commissioned for training purposes. It will help owners and operators understand the structure…
- October 10, 2013A while back KiwiMill constructed an architectural model for an episode of How It's Made, a cable TV program. Here…
October 10, 2013Cutaway models are a very popular way to display a product at trade shows.They offer a glimpse inside a product,…- September 18, 2013Another beautifully executed cutaway model by KiwiMill model maker, Mike. Check out these unedited pictures:
- September 4, 2013This architectural model was the result of a campus building expansion. The donor was presented with this scale model of…
- August 28, 2013KiwiMill recently built an architectural model of a college campus expansion. The donor was presented with this model as a…
August 27, 2013KiwiMill was asked to build an engineering skid model of industrial equipment produced by Energy Recovery. This product is used…- August 22, 2013Our client was looking for a series of mining equipment models to showcase their product line. KiwiMill built replicas of…
- August 6, 2013A local landfill was running out of space. This architectural model was built to inform the local community about a…
- August 6, 2013KiwiMill was excited to return to its roots recently when we were asked to build Mother and Daughter satellite models for a…
- July 23, 2013Cutaway models are a very popular way to display a product at trade shows. These two cutaway models show close…
- July 15, 2013KiwiMill was recently asked to build an engineering skid model of industrial equipment. This particular product is used to harness…
- June 20, 2013Recently we completed another industrial model with cutaway features. Cutaways are artificial slices made through a product, revealing inner features…
- June 12, 2013This tank battery model was requested by our client, FET, for trade show use. It highlights the design structure of…
- June 12, 2013This 1/4 scale water cooler model is for trade show use. It features both a cutaway design and modular/removable parts.…
- June 6, 2013This tank battery model was requested by our client, FET, for trade show use. It highlights the design structure…
- May 21, 2013This is a scale model of a poultry house for Foster Farms. The scale model will be used for trade…
- May 9, 2013This series of 3 medical product models represent a knee, hip and shoulder implant. Each one is 3 1/2 x…
April 26, 2013These mother and daughter satellite model cutaways were built for a sales presentation. Each satellite model depicted ½ of the…- April 15, 2013This land rig catwalk model is a replica of a product that lifts drilling pipe to a drill rig for…
- April 12, 2013Our client requested a custom machine screw model to showcase the unique keyway design of their product. In order to…
- April 3, 2013Check out this video of our hand-built CNC Router carving a helicopter body out of tooling board: http://youtu.be/WQUeTYSApuM
- March 29, 2013KiwiMill has been pinning to boards on Pinterest for a few months now. With categories like "3D Printed Art," "Beauty In Industry," "Architectural…
- March 28, 2013This is an airport model for an air cargo company that specializes in the transport of heavy-duty air freight. Our…
- March 22, 2013This series of 3 medical implant models represent a knee, hip and shoulder. Each one is 3 1/2 x the…
- March 22, 2013Our client needed a product model of a new line of coolers they were introducing at a trade show. The…
- March 6, 2013This diorama model features a company’s water purification system. Used in military field operations and emergency response situations, this equipment…
- March 6, 2013If your company has a great design for a door - what's an effective way to show that off? A…
- February 22, 2013It's been a couple of years now since KiwiMill added 3D printing to the model shop. Through experimentation on various projects, we…
- February 19, 2013This valve replacement training model will familiarize people with the steps of an industrial process before they get into the…
February 5, 2013This architectural model was built for a developer in Rochester, NY. Retirement community architectural models are especially helpful as sales…- February 1, 2013This training model will familiarize people with the steps of an industrial process before they get into the actual field. The…
- January 10, 2013When it comes time to extract fuel out of nuclear reactors and transport it to permanent storage, it takes very…
January 4, 2013A customer came to us with a special request for a custom airsoft gun replica. The firearm he was replicating…- January 3, 2013Five scale models of nuclear products were constructed for Holtec to be used as training tools. These products extract spent…
December 27, 2012This was a very fast turn around scale model project for Siemens involving an electrical unit that needed to be…
December 12, 2012Kiwimill and its product design division, Kiwiseed, worked together to make a medical prototype model of a device used for…- December 4, 2012This is an architectural site model of a lakefront development. The lake and surrounding property is located in Canandaigua, NY.…
November 26, 2012Meet Brian, our newest KiwiMill Model Maker. Brian comes to us with over 20 years experience making models and prototypes…
November 20, 2012This house model we built for Cavco Industries will not only be featured on the television show "How It's Made."…- November 7, 2012Occasionally professional model making feels a little bit like a kid in a candy shop. This phenomena occurred recently when…
October 23, 2012This car carrier truck model was built for trade show use. Our clients requested RC motion, working lights and sound.…
October 9, 2012This house model was built for Cavco Industries, Inc. They were in need of a house model for a prop…
September 29, 2012This is a 4ft diameter Fusion Reactor Chamber scale model. It was built for the National Ignition Facility in Lorence…- September 26, 2012Rotondo was looking for a unique trade show display for their StormPod product. We came up with the idea of…
- September 25, 2012This MATV military truck model was made for heavy duty trade show use. This military truck model was made mostly out…
- September 25, 2012This diesel generator model was built to insert into a larger model of an expandable shelter. The model was built from a…
- September 25, 2012It’s not often that KiwiMill has the opportunity to work on a local scale model project. This past summer we…
September 25, 2012This museum diorama was commissioned by our client in Rochester, NY to be featured in their exhibit at the Genesee…- September 13, 2012This trade show model was commissioned by our client, Fisher Industries, to capture the key features of their air separator…
September 13, 2012This working model of an air separator was built for Fisher Industries to be used in their trade shows. The…
August 4, 2012This display model was built for Kodak to replicate a slide projector. The display model slide projector was used as…
May 10, 2012This is a giant-sized pachinko machine model with working parts. It was created for Corning to use at a trade…- April 25, 2012This military truck model was a kit bashed tractor trailer cab transformed into a military vehicle for a client who…
February 4, 2012This movie prop model was used in a science fiction film. The movie prop was designed and fabricated by our…
