Exhibition & Showroom Models
For visitor attention, visual impact and presentation in a booth or display space.
CUSTOM PHYSICAL SCALE MODELS
Built around
your application.
DCD designs and manufactures custom physical models for exhibitions, technical demonstrations, engineering communication, training and sales presentations. From visitor centres to industrial applications, the model starts with what your audience needs to understand.
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Exhibition & Showroom Models
Make a product, technology or industrial system easier to explore in an exhibition or showroom.
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Working & Demonstration Models
Plan a physical model around the function you need to explain. Discuss movement, lighting and demonstration requirements in your brief.
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Cutaway & Interactive Models
Expose components, relationships and mechanisms that a complete outer shell cannot show. Define the interaction needed for your audience.
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Industrial & Equipment Scale Models
Represent equipment, machinery or a complete industrial system in a format suited to technical presentations and business conversations.
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Start with what your audience needs to understand. These four model categories answer different questions and can be combined within one technical brief.
Working & Demonstration Models
For explaining movement, function or a process through a physical demonstration.
Cutaway & Interactive Models
For revealing hidden components and helping viewers explore internal relationships.
Industrial & Equipment Scale Models
For representing machinery, facilities or complete industrial systems at a useful scale.
Built around your technical brief
Start with CAD files, engineering drawings, PDFs, reference images, technical documentation or an early-stage concept. We review your references and confirm what is needed before fabrication.
From references to a clear scope
Agree the subject, target size, intended use and key message. Physical scale models translate technical references into a form suited to the audience rather than reproducing every drawing detail at a smaller size.
Features with a purpose
Lighting, moving parts, transparent sections, cutaways and controls should support your message. Define the interaction and confirm the technical approach in your brief.
Applications
Trade shows and exhibitions
Bring large products and systems into the exhibition space.
Showrooms and visitor centres
Give guided presentations a shared physical reference.
Technical presentations
Make drawings and engineering concepts tangible.
Training and education
Explain the components and processes learners need to understand.
Sales presentations
Help buyers explore equipment form and features.
Tender and stakeholder presentations
Make proposed arrangements clear to a mixed technical audience.
From brief to physical model
A clear scope connects the communication objective with practical build and delivery decisions. Agree the requirements and review points before the work moves into fabrication.
01 / Understand the objective
Identify the audience, intended use and the message the model must explain.
02 / Define scale, size and function
Balance the available space, detail, display needs and any operating features.
03 / Prepare the technical approach
Review reference material and clarify the construction and presentation requirements.
04 / Fabricate and assemble
Bring the agreed physical form, components and finish together.
05 / Review and check
Review the model against the agreed brief, including appearance and specified functions.
06 / Pack and deliver
Plan protective packing, handling and delivery around the model and destination.
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Physical models in perspective
Frequently asked questions
What information is needed for a quotation?
Send the subject, intended use, target size or scale, available references, required features, target date and delivery destination. Explain what the audience should understand from the model.
Can you work from CAD or engineering drawings?
Yes. CAD files, engineering drawings, PDFs, reference images and technical documents can start the discussion. The technical review will identify any missing references.
Can models include lighting, movement or interaction?
Lighting, moving parts, cutaway or transparent sections and controls can be discussed. Describe the explanation each feature should support; the technical scope is agreed for the individual model.
Do you ship internationally?
Yes. Packing and international delivery can be planned around the model size, destination and project schedule.
Can you work under NDA?
Yes. NDA and confidentiality requirements can be agreed before sensitive engineering files are shared.
How is model scale selected?
Scale depends on the real object's size, available display space, viewing distance, audience and level of detail. Transport constraints and the key technical message also influence the choice.
FROM YOUR BRIEF TO A PHYSICAL MODEL
Let’s discuss your application.
Share your idea, drawings, scale and target date.
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