The Shrink Shop

How it works

From a photograph to a thing you can hold.

Every piece is modelled by hand from your reference images. You see a render and approve it before anything is printed — so a custom order stops being a gamble. Below, one real build: a widebody Mustang, from the owner's photos to the finished model.

4–6 weeksHand-built CADHP Multi Jet FusionFile included

  1. 01

    Send your photos

    A few clear shots from different angles. For a house, an address is often enough.

    This build

    Six photos from the owner: the outside from every side, and the stripped interior.

    The owner's photo of their widebody Mustang, front three-quarter, with rusted panels and bare-metal doors

    Owner's photos

    The owner's photo of the widebody Mustang in profile on an open road
    The owner's photo of the Mustang's side and wheel arch in front of a red shipping container
    The owner's photo of the Mustang from above, parked on autumn leaves
    The owner's photo of the Mustang head-on against a concrete wall
    The owner's photo of the Mustang's stripped interior: roll cage, perforated seats and coilovers
  2. 02

    We model it by hand

    Your piece is sculpted in CAD from your reference — every trim line, wheel and decal.

    Drag through it

    Eight stages of the same model, in the order it was built.

    Wireframe 3D model of the widebody Mustang body shell, arches and wheels

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    Wire mesh

    The shell starts as a mesh, shaped panel by panel until it matches the photos.

    The details nobody asks for

    The owner's photo of the Mustang's stripped interior: roll cage, perforated seats and coilovers

    Photo

    The modelled Mustang interior: perforated seats, harnesses, cage and coilovers

    Model

    The interior

    The owner's interior photo, and the model built from it.

    Reference photos from the owner with arrows pointing to a coffee cup in the cup holder

    Photo

    The same coffee cup modelled into the Mustang's interior, marked with an arrow

    Model

    The cup holder

    A coffee cup was in the owner's photos, so there is one in the model.

    The underside of the Mustang model with the owner's name in raised lettering

    The name underneath

    The owner's name, raised on the underside of the model.

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    You approve the render

    We send a photorealistic render before anything is printed. Changes are free at this stage.

    If the wheels are wrong, or the colour is off, or you want the roof rack on it — that gets fixed here, for free, while it is still just a file.

    The finished 3D model of the widebody Mustang with a patina hood and flared arches
    The finished Mustang model rendered with a black hood and arches
    The finished Mustang model rendered in grey with dark arches
    The finished Mustang model rendered in grey with red arches

    The same finished modelRendered four ways

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    Printed in full colour

    Industrial HP Multi Jet Fusion — colour printed through the part, not painted on afterwards.

    A black 3D printed sports car replica on a display plinth

    The colour is part of the material rather than a coat of paint, which is why the detail holds up at three inches and why the finish does not chip.

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4–6

weeks, photo to shelf

$0

separate design fee

Questions

The usual ones.

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What is HP Multi Jet Fusion?

An industrial powder-bed printing process. Colour goes through the part rather than being painted onto the surface, so scratches do not show white underneath and fine detail survives at small scale. It is not a desktop filament printer.

Why does it take four to six weeks?

Because a person builds your model. Printing is the fast part; the modelling is where the time goes, and it is what makes the result look like your car rather than a car.

What if I do not like the render?

Then we change it. Revisions at the render stage are free and nothing is printed until you say yes. This is the whole reason we work this way.

Do I get the 3D file?

Yes. Every custom print includes the CAD file and a high-quality render at no extra cost.

What is it made of?

HP Multi Jet Fusion nylon, printed in full colour. It is a durable nylon — these are display pieces, not fragile models.