Trade Show Models

KiwiMill makes the majority of its scale models for trade show exhibits. We understand that a trade show model must attract attention, communicate a message and hold up to repeat handling.

A trade show booth should draw potential customers in to explore, interact with and learn about your product or process. A custom trade show model accomplishes this by allowing prospects to experience your product in a concrete way. By representing your design with the utmost accuracy, while placing attention on the features you want emphasized, trade show models help increase traffic to your booth, and engage people once they are there.

A trade show model differs from a typical model in its need to be durable and strong. An exhibit model must stand up to multiple set-ups and tear downs, repeat travel and handling by a variety of people. To accomplish this, KiwiMill will often use strong materials in place of plastic and glue. We will, for example, use brass and aluminum that is fastened with screws, brazed or even welded together to create a strong framework.

A Trade Show Exhibit Model is a worthwhile investment:

  • A custom model is easier and less expensive to transport than the product itself.
  • Models can be touched and examined up close to fully appreciate design and function.
  • A demonstration of your working model draws customers in to interact personally with your product.
  • A 3D model is user friendly – not everyone can visualize a 2D design in space.
  • Cutaways, see-through design, high impact colors and working parts draw attention to your product’s special features.
  • Custom cases are provided to house and transport your trade show model safely to various shows.
  • This truck model measures 44" long and 20" tall. The entire cab is removable to see the engine as is…
  • This energy storage model was built to demonstrate out customer's product at trade shows and sales presentations. This is the…
  • This scalable energy storage model was built to demonstrate out customer's product at trade shows and sales presentations. Two units…
  • This large cutaway water tanker model is 45" long and built to showcase all of the features of our customer's…
  • This full scale 81mm mortar model was designed to come apart in 6 pcs to make it easy to transport…
  • This robot model was built as a sales tool to demonstrate the functionality of the real robot. It articulates in…
  • Our customer had a 2D illustration that showed how the various types of energy production projects they work on and…
  • Functioning Gate Valve Model.
  • KiwiMill was contracted to make a full scale and half scale satellite models. The frame of this model was made…
  • This sleeper trailer model is 1/16th scale and is about 30" long. The trailer scale model is cutaway to show…
  • This scale model of a redox flow battery installation that measures approximately 36" x 12" and includes a clear dust…
  • These large scale connector models are HUGE. Take a look at the business card in the photos to get an…
  • Large model showing our customer's bearings used on a motorized model showing how they support the propeller shaft and rudder…
  • The Oshkosh FMTV 1/8 scale model is one of the most detailed vehicle models we've ever built. Every detail is…
  • KiwiMill uses customer CAD data to engineer a new 3D CAD model that we then use to fabricate the product.…
  • Stryker Model

    KiwiMill was selected to make a 1/12th scale highly-detailed model of the Stryker TLS. It measured approximately 24" long and…
  • Austal Emergency Medical Ship Model

    This Emergency Medical Ship model was built for Austal USA to be used at various trade show throughout the world.…
  • In order to explain and show how their product works, Energy Recovery asked us to make an animated model of…
  • The LUSV custom boat model measures 24" long by 4" wide. Using the customer provided CAD files, KiwiMill re-draws the…
  • water heater model

    This tankless water heater model is approximately 1/3 the size of the real product and stands about 3 feet tall.…
  • Aircraft Simulator Model

    This aircraft simulator model was built for sales use. The real product is 35 feet long and far too big…
  • Bridge Construction Model

    This 1/2 scale bridge construction model is built for trade show use. Our client's product is designed to make bridge…
  • Truck Storage Model

    This truck storage model was built to showcase different storage systems designed to make working out of a truck easier…
  • Fracking Trailer Model

    This fracking trailer model is a 50 inch long replica of our client's proppant delivery system. The model highlights our…
  • Construction Diorama

    This construction diorama was built to attract attention in a trade show booth. Our client sells software. The model was…
  • Cooling System Model

    This cooling system model was built for trade show use. The actual product is a very complex design. It is…
  • cooling system model

    This cooling system model is a simplified display of a refrigerated production facility. The purpose of the model was to…
  • electric power model

    These electric power models were built for trade show use. Three copies of the same equipment were hand crafted by KiwiMill.…
  • Ship Propulsion Model

    This ship propulsion model demonstrates three different ways electric motors can be added to a ship's propulsion system. The model…
  • power transformer model

    This power transformer model showcases our client's product. The product is small enough to be brought to trade shows by…
  • double effect steam chiller

    KiwiMill built this Double Effect Steam Chiller Model for trade show use. The original products measure over 20 feet long…
  • chiller model

    KiwiMill built this Steam Chiller Model for trade show use. The original product measures over 20 feet long and is…
  • storage tank models

    KiwiMill built two storage tank models for use in trade show exhibits. The models were built at the same time. Having…
  • solar array model

    These two Solar Array Models are replicas of the same product. The longer model represents a tiny section of a…
  • fishing reel display model

    KiwiMill was asked to create this Fishing Reel Display Model for trade show use. The display uses the exploded view…
  • KiwiMill recently built a Bioreactor Model. The purpose of the model was to demonstrate a new design concept in the bio…
  • gene sequencing model

    This gene sequencing model was designed to show potential buyers the process by which DNA samples are moved through a…
  • Intersection Model

    This intersection model was created to demonstrate the modular properties of our client's concrete product for road surfaces. This unique design…
  • Fan Model

    This industrial fan model was commissioned for trade show use. Our client wanted to feature the special sound bending components inside…
  • train model display

    KiwMill built 20 HO scale train model displays of the Citadis Spirit. The body of the train model was milled out of tooling board…
  • storage container model

    These storage container models were built as sales tools for trade show use. The actual products are used to store…
  • This exhibit trailer model was built to show prospective clients the interior lay out of a traveling exhibit moving van.…
  • Evaporator Model

    This wastewater evaporator model was built for trade show use. It is 1/3 the size of the original product, and…
  • model build

    The build for the manifold trailer model was complex. There were many detailed, intricate parts that needed to be included…
  • This radio communications model was made out of machinist's board with cast resin fins. For realism, real RF connectors were…
  • Airplane Fuselage Model

    This airplane fuselage model was built for a company that makes cargo nets. The cargo nets are installed in planes…
  • computer product model

    This computer product model is a mock-up of a computer memory module. The model was made out of sheet metal.…
  • Capacitor Model

    This capacitor model is a larger than life replica of an electronic component, designed to attract attention at a trade…
  • oil dehydrator model

    This oil dehydrator model was built for trade show use. The company previously had one built by someone else, but…
  • furnace model

    This furnace model features a lift off top and unique materials for trade show use. The body of the model…
  • This waste water pond model simulates the real thing with working parts. The parts of the model disassemble and fit…
  • Solar Panel Model

    This is a motorized solar panel model. It's made to mimic the real product, which is programmed to follow the…
  • This is another industrial skid model of equipment produced by Energy Recovery. These products are used to harness fluid energy…
  • This Fuel Monitoring Cabinet was built for trade show use. The model is in 1:3 scale. It resembles the real…
  • Vapor Absorption Model

    This vapor absorption model was built for trade show use for an international customer. The real life machine takes hot…
  • Custom Truck Model

    This custom truck model was built from an RC kit in 1:14 scale. Our model makers kit bashed the generic…
  • cutaway model

    Cutaway models are a very popular way to display a product at trade shows.They offer a glimpse inside a product,…
  • skid model

    KiwiMill was asked to build an engineering skid model of industrial equipment produced by Energy Recovery.  This product is used…
  • mining equipment model

    Our client was looking for a series of mining equipment models to showcase their product line. KiwiMill built replicas of…
  • Cutaway Model of Industrial Skid

    Cutaway models are a very popular way to display a product at trade shows. These two cutaway models show close…
  • Industrial Water Cooler Model

    This 1/4 scale water cooler model is for trade show use. It features both a cutaway design and modular/removable parts.…
  • Poultry House Scale Model

    This is a scale model of a poultry house for Foster Farms. The scale model will be used for trade…
  • Oil Industry Catwalk Model

    This land rig catwalk model is a replica of a product that lifts drilling pipe to a drill rig for…
  • Machine Screw Model

    Our client requested a custom machine screw model to showcase the unique keyway design of their product. In order to…
  • Airport Model

    This is an airport model for an air cargo company that specializes in the transport of heavy-duty air freight. Our…
  • Knee Implant Model

    This series of 3 medical implant models represent a knee, hip and shoulder. Each one is  3 1/2 x the…
  • Product Model of Cooler

    Our client needed a product model of a new line of coolers they were introducing at a trade show. The…
  • PX-220 Industrial Cutaway Model

    Industrial cutaway model of a PX-220 scale model built for Energy Recovery in California. The PX-220 is used in desalinization…
  • Barge Turbine Model

    1/25th scale turbine model with a fiberglass shroud, 2" clear acrylic barge and brass support structure. The turbine is designed…
  • Truck Model

    This car carrier truck model was built for trade show use. Our clients requested RC motion, working lights and sound.…
  • Shipping Container Model

    KiwiMill was given the task of building an Expandable Shelter Shipping Container model that captures its unique design. The model was built…
  • storm drainage model

    Rotondo was looking for a unique trade show display for their StormPod product. We came up with the idea of…
  • Military Truck Model

    This MATV military truck model was made for heavy duty trade show use. This military truck model was made mostly out…
  • Generator Model

    This diesel generator model was built to insert into a larger model of an expandable shelter. The model was built from a…
  • Working Model of an Air Separator

    This working model of an air separator was built for Fisher Industries to be used in their trade shows. The…
  • Stacking Conveyor Model

    This mobile stacking conveyor model is part of a system of conveyors that is used in the mining industry to…
  • Manifold Trailer Model

    This is a manifold trailer model used in oil exploration. The client was Forum Energies. The model allowed our client…
  • Mixing Tank Model

    This is a mixing tank model used for sales. This working model demonstrated the properties of the product, including movement.…
  • Valve Cutaway Model

    This gate valve model will be used for maintenance training by our client, FMC Technologies. The model is 1/2 the size…
  • Cooling Container Model

    This is a cooling container model built for Schneider Electric that was made into a cutaway to reveal its internal…
  • Asphalt Plant Model

    This asphalt plant model was 7 feet tall, made out of sheet metal, with working parts. This model simulated the…
  • Server Facility Cooling System Model

    This is an industrial cooling system model for a server facility. It will be used as a sales tool by our client, APC.…
  • Kodak Desktop Model

    Magnus 800 w/Automatic plate loader Kodak desktop model.
  • Orion Microscope Model

    This Orion Ion Beam Microscope model was built for our customer to be used at various trade shows at the Zeiss…
  • Large Energy Recovery Model

    This energy recovery device model required us to make a custom lathe to turn a model that was approximately 6…
  • Nacelle Wind Turbine Model

    This large wind turbine model of a nacelle and hub was made for a A-Power Energy to display at trade show.…
  • Barcode Scanner Model

    This model was a HUGE barcode scanner model made for trade show display.
  • Custom Trade Show Furniture

    Project: Custom trade show furniture Client: General Railway Signal
  • Spoon Time Model

    Time for a Spoon? Clock Display model with clock and dinosaur motif.
  • Slot Machine Model

    This Las Vegas Display Model used a collection of real casino props to create this vignette, including felt table tops,…
  • Ski Slope Model

    Tasked with creating a snow board display model for Kodak and Burton Snowboards, KiwiMill sculpted 15 lb foam into a…
  • Night Club Model

    Our model makers designed a night club display model that evokes the atmosphere of a night club for the Kodak trade…
  • Times Square Model

    To create a Times Square model, KiwiMill used Google Earth to download pictures of this NYC icon. Looking at commonly…
  • Martime Camel Model

    This is a maritime camel model.  A camel is used in between ships or submarines in a harbor. The model…
  • The Intelcan radar dish model was made in a very short two week lead time. The main frame of the…
  • Tractor Trailer Cutaway Model

    Medical Waste Disposal Trailer This cutaway model project was a scale medical waste disposal trailer that includes an autoclave and…
  • Slide Projector Display Model

    This display model was built for Kodak to replicate a slide projector. The display model slide projector was used as…
  • pachinko machine model with working parts

    This is a giant-sized pachinko machine model with working parts. It was created for Corning to use at a trade…
  • This trade show booth model, made for Spoon Exhibits allowed the exhibit company to show their customer the design of…
  • military truck model

    This military truck model was a kit bashed tractor trailer cab transformed into a military vehicle for a client who…
  • Cell Tower Model

    This is a 1/14th scale (22" x 40") cell tower model and support equipment for trade show display. Everything on…
  • This truck model measures 44" long and 20" tall. The entire cab is removable to see the engine as is…
  • This energy storage model was built to demonstrate out customer's product at trade shows and sales presentations. This is the…
  • This scalable energy storage model was built to demonstrate out customer's product at trade shows and sales presentations. Two units…
  • This large cutaway water tanker model is 45" long and built to showcase all of the features of our customer's…
  • This full scale 81mm mortar model was designed to come apart in 6 pcs to make it easy to transport…
  • This robot model was built as a sales tool to demonstrate the functionality of the real robot. It articulates in…
  • Our customer had a 2D illustration that showed how the various types of energy production projects they work on and…
  • Functioning Gate Valve Model.
  • KiwiMill was contracted to make a full scale and half scale satellite models. The frame of this model was made…
  • This sleeper trailer model is 1/16th scale and is about 30" long. The trailer scale model is cutaway to show…
  • This scale model of a redox flow battery installation that measures approximately 36" x 12" and includes a clear dust…
  • These large scale connector models are HUGE. Take a look at the business card in the photos to get an…
  • Large model showing our customer's bearings used on a motorized model showing how they support the propeller shaft and rudder…
  • The Oshkosh FMTV 1/8 scale model is one of the most detailed vehicle models we've ever built. Every detail is…
  • KiwiMill uses customer CAD data to engineer a new 3D CAD model that we then use to fabricate the product.…
  • Stryker Model

    KiwiMill was selected to make a 1/12th scale highly-detailed model of the Stryker TLS. It measured approximately 24" long and…
  • Austal Emergency Medical Ship Model

    This Emergency Medical Ship model was built for Austal USA to be used at various trade show throughout the world.…
  • In order to explain and show how their product works, Energy Recovery asked us to make an animated model of…
  • The LUSV custom boat model measures 24" long by 4" wide. Using the customer provided CAD files, KiwiMill re-draws the…
  • water heater model

    This tankless water heater model is approximately 1/3 the size of the real product and stands about 3 feet tall.…
  • Aircraft Simulator Model

    This aircraft simulator model was built for sales use. The real product is 35 feet long and far too big…
  • Bridge Construction Model

    This 1/2 scale bridge construction model is built for trade show use. Our client's product is designed to make bridge…
  • Truck Storage Model

    This truck storage model was built to showcase different storage systems designed to make working out of a truck easier…
  • Fracking Trailer Model

    This fracking trailer model is a 50 inch long replica of our client's proppant delivery system. The model highlights our…
  • Construction Diorama

    This construction diorama was built to attract attention in a trade show booth. Our client sells software. The model was…
  • Cooling System Model

    This cooling system model was built for trade show use. The actual product is a very complex design. It is…
  • cooling system model

    This cooling system model is a simplified display of a refrigerated production facility. The purpose of the model was to…
  • electric power model

    These electric power models were built for trade show use. Three copies of the same equipment were hand crafted by KiwiMill.…
  • Ship Propulsion Model

    This ship propulsion model demonstrates three different ways electric motors can be added to a ship's propulsion system. The model…
  • power transformer model

    This power transformer model showcases our client's product. The product is small enough to be brought to trade shows by…
  • double effect steam chiller

    KiwiMill built this Double Effect Steam Chiller Model for trade show use. The original products measure over 20 feet long…
  • chiller model

    KiwiMill built this Steam Chiller Model for trade show use. The original product measures over 20 feet long and is…
  • storage tank models

    KiwiMill built two storage tank models for use in trade show exhibits. The models were built at the same time. Having…
  • solar array model

    These two Solar Array Models are replicas of the same product. The longer model represents a tiny section of a…
  • fishing reel display model

    KiwiMill was asked to create this Fishing Reel Display Model for trade show use. The display uses the exploded view…
  • KiwiMill recently built a Bioreactor Model. The purpose of the model was to demonstrate a new design concept in the bio…
  • gene sequencing model

    This gene sequencing model was designed to show potential buyers the process by which DNA samples are moved through a…
  • Intersection Model

    This intersection model was created to demonstrate the modular properties of our client's concrete product for road surfaces. This unique design…
  • Fan Model

    This industrial fan model was commissioned for trade show use. Our client wanted to feature the special sound bending components inside…
  • train model display

    KiwMill built 20 HO scale train model displays of the Citadis Spirit. The body of the train model was milled out of tooling board…
  • storage container model

    These storage container models were built as sales tools for trade show use. The actual products are used to store…
  • This exhibit trailer model was built to show prospective clients the interior lay out of a traveling exhibit moving van.…
  • Evaporator Model

    This wastewater evaporator model was built for trade show use. It is 1/3 the size of the original product, and…
  • model build

    The build for the manifold trailer model was complex. There were many detailed, intricate parts that needed to be included…
  • This radio communications model was made out of machinist's board with cast resin fins. For realism, real RF connectors were…
  • Airplane Fuselage Model

    This airplane fuselage model was built for a company that makes cargo nets. The cargo nets are installed in planes…
  • computer product model

    This computer product model is a mock-up of a computer memory module. The model was made out of sheet metal.…
  • Capacitor Model

    This capacitor model is a larger than life replica of an electronic component, designed to attract attention at a trade…
  • oil dehydrator model

    This oil dehydrator model was built for trade show use. The company previously had one built by someone else, but…
  • furnace model

    This furnace model features a lift off top and unique materials for trade show use. The body of the model…
  • This waste water pond model simulates the real thing with working parts. The parts of the model disassemble and fit…
  • Solar Panel Model

    This is a motorized solar panel model. It's made to mimic the real product, which is programmed to follow the…
  • This is another industrial skid model of equipment produced by Energy Recovery. These products are used to harness fluid energy…
  • This Fuel Monitoring Cabinet was built for trade show use. The model is in 1:3 scale. It resembles the real…
  • Vapor Absorption Model

    This vapor absorption model was built for trade show use for an international customer. The real life machine takes hot…
  • Custom Truck Model

    This custom truck model was built from an RC kit in 1:14 scale. Our model makers kit bashed the generic…
  • cutaway model

    Cutaway models are a very popular way to display a product at trade shows.They offer a glimpse inside a product,…
  • skid model

    KiwiMill was asked to build an engineering skid model of industrial equipment produced by Energy Recovery.  This product is used…
  • mining equipment model

    Our client was looking for a series of mining equipment models to showcase their product line. KiwiMill built replicas of…
  • Cutaway Model of Industrial Skid

    Cutaway models are a very popular way to display a product at trade shows. These two cutaway models show close…
  • Industrial Water Cooler Model

    This 1/4 scale water cooler model is for trade show use. It features both a cutaway design and modular/removable parts.…
  • Poultry House Scale Model

    This is a scale model of a poultry house for Foster Farms. The scale model will be used for trade…
  • Oil Industry Catwalk Model

    This land rig catwalk model is a replica of a product that lifts drilling pipe to a drill rig for…
  • Machine Screw Model

    Our client requested a custom machine screw model to showcase the unique keyway design of their product. In order to…
  • Airport Model

    This is an airport model for an air cargo company that specializes in the transport of heavy-duty air freight. Our…
  • Knee Implant Model

    This series of 3 medical implant models represent a knee, hip and shoulder. Each one is  3 1/2 x the…
  • Product Model of Cooler

    Our client needed a product model of a new line of coolers they were introducing at a trade show. The…
  • PX-220 Industrial Cutaway Model

    Industrial cutaway model of a PX-220 scale model built for Energy Recovery in California. The PX-220 is used in desalinization…
  • Barge Turbine Model

    1/25th scale turbine model with a fiberglass shroud, 2" clear acrylic barge and brass support structure. The turbine is designed…
  • Truck Model

    This car carrier truck model was built for trade show use. Our clients requested RC motion, working lights and sound.…
  • Shipping Container Model

    KiwiMill was given the task of building an Expandable Shelter Shipping Container model that captures its unique design. The model was built…
  • storm drainage model

    Rotondo was looking for a unique trade show display for their StormPod product. We came up with the idea of…
  • Military Truck Model

    This MATV military truck model was made for heavy duty trade show use. This military truck model was made mostly out…
  • Generator Model

    This diesel generator model was built to insert into a larger model of an expandable shelter. The model was built from a…
  • Working Model of an Air Separator

    This working model of an air separator was built for Fisher Industries to be used in their trade shows. The…
  • Stacking Conveyor Model

    This mobile stacking conveyor model is part of a system of conveyors that is used in the mining industry to…
  • Manifold Trailer Model

    This is a manifold trailer model used in oil exploration. The client was Forum Energies. The model allowed our client…
  • Mixing Tank Model

    This is a mixing tank model used for sales. This working model demonstrated the properties of the product, including movement.…
  • Valve Cutaway Model

    This gate valve model will be used for maintenance training by our client, FMC Technologies. The model is 1/2 the size…
  • Cooling Container Model

    This is a cooling container model built for Schneider Electric that was made into a cutaway to reveal its internal…
  • Asphalt Plant Model

    This asphalt plant model was 7 feet tall, made out of sheet metal, with working parts. This model simulated the…
  • Server Facility Cooling System Model

    This is an industrial cooling system model for a server facility. It will be used as a sales tool by our client, APC.…
  • Kodak Desktop Model

    Magnus 800 w/Automatic plate loader Kodak desktop model.
  • Orion Microscope Model

    This Orion Ion Beam Microscope model was built for our customer to be used at various trade shows at the Zeiss…
  • Large Energy Recovery Model

    This energy recovery device model required us to make a custom lathe to turn a model that was approximately 6…
  • Nacelle Wind Turbine Model

    This large wind turbine model of a nacelle and hub was made for a A-Power Energy to display at trade show.…
  • Barcode Scanner Model

    This model was a HUGE barcode scanner model made for trade show display.
  • Custom Trade Show Furniture

    Project: Custom trade show furniture Client: General Railway Signal
  • Spoon Time Model

    Time for a Spoon? Clock Display model with clock and dinosaur motif.
  • Slot Machine Model

    This Las Vegas Display Model used a collection of real casino props to create this vignette, including felt table tops,…
  • Ski Slope Model

    Tasked with creating a snow board display model for Kodak and Burton Snowboards, KiwiMill sculpted 15 lb foam into a…
  • Night Club Model

    Our model makers designed a night club display model that evokes the atmosphere of a night club for the Kodak trade…
  • Times Square Model

    To create a Times Square model, KiwiMill used Google Earth to download pictures of this NYC icon. Looking at commonly…
  • Martime Camel Model

    This is a maritime camel model.  A camel is used in between ships or submarines in a harbor. The model…
  • The Intelcan radar dish model was made in a very short two week lead time. The main frame of the…
  • Tractor Trailer Cutaway Model

    Medical Waste Disposal Trailer This cutaway model project was a scale medical waste disposal trailer that includes an autoclave and…
  • Slide Projector Display Model

    This display model was built for Kodak to replicate a slide projector. The display model slide projector was used as…
  • pachinko machine model with working parts

    This is a giant-sized pachinko machine model with working parts. It was created for Corning to use at a trade…
  • This trade show booth model, made for Spoon Exhibits allowed the exhibit company to show their customer the design of…
  • military truck model

    This military truck model was a kit bashed tractor trailer cab transformed into a military vehicle for a client who…
  • Cell Tower Model

    This is a 1/14th scale (22" x 40") cell tower model and support equipment for trade show display. Everything on…