The Easter Bunny gets dirty and worn out hiding all those eggs and candy.   So when the sun comes up Easter morning, T.E.B isn't hopping anymore.  He's tired, his big feet hurt, and all he wants to do is take a nice, hot bath and then a very long nap.

Here's the Easter Bunny Bathtub, modeled after EB's tub!  It comes with a tray for holding soap, toys, and more!  It also comes with a a cup to hold a jelly bean and a bowl to hold a chocolate egg.  You can even download and 3d print a little floaty toy for your chocolate bunny.

The flat eggs are for adding to the side of the tub to give it a little eggstra style.

Use it to store candy, coins, paper clips, or grow radishes like Mr. McGreggor.  

Enjoy! 

Easter Bunny Bathtub

Easter Bunny Bathtub.stl

Happy Easter, fellow bunnies and rabbits! 

We all know how exhausted Santa Claus is after his work each year.  He gets home around 5:00am Christmas Day and sleeps for twelve straight hours!!   After he wakes up it's time to have fun and relax!

It's the same for the Easter Bunny and her crew.  They need to unwind and relax after all that hard work of putting out candy and laying eggs (um......) throughout the night before the sun rises on Easter morning.  

After that it's time to have fun!  What better way to unwind than to have all your buddies and bunnies come over for a soak in the hot tub!

This is a great way to store Easter candy, eggs, toys, or anything else that's Easter-related or not. 

The Hippity Hoppity Hot Tub even has a drain in case you want to make a planter out of it.  Maybe you could get creative, figure out a drainage system, and make a water bowl for a pet (check for pet safety and health first with an animal professional).

Don't forget to download and 3D print the accessories, like the hot tub steps, tray tables, and more.  

Enjoy the Hippity Hoppity Hot Tub this Easter!

The Hippity Hoppity Hot Tub

Hippity Hoppity Hot Tub.stl

Graduation is coming up.  This will make a good trophy, ornament, or personalized gift.  The Step files are included so that you can engrave the name of the graduate or his/her university.  

Scale it down for a cake decoration, or scale it up for a trophy.  We 3D printed one as a Christmas ornament.

There are variations for your 3D printing convenience.  A whole model is for those who want to print it at one time.  Use support as needed.  The other model is for those who want to avoid using support material.  Let me know if you need any modifications.

The Graduation Piece

Graduation Piece 1.stl

I hope you find this model satisfactory.  Is there anything else I can do for you?  

Channeling my inner Gus, I want to welcome you to Los Pollos Hermanos, where only the freshest filaments are used to create the finishing touches.  

Print this fun model and the get ready to detail it.  Make the doors, put translucent plastic or thin 3D prints in place of the windows.  Make doors.  Cook some chicken.  But Don't touch the buckets of breaded chicken batter without talking to Gus first.  

Scale it up or down.  Print it big enough and you can have your own chicken restaurant too.

Photo with Gus added for shameless self-promotion.


Los Pollos Hermanos.stl

Watch out for those crazy people in golf carts!  They're everywhere.  The Villages of Florida, Peachtree City, Georgia.  Palm Springs, California.  So many golf carts zooming by at a neckbreaking speed of 20mph!

Help keep those golf cart drivers save but installing this sign wherever you need it.  

Or perhaps you want to reserve a parking space for your own golf cart.  This sign can be scaled big or small.  It's your choice.  

Enjoy this golf cart crossing sign, or print it, paint it, and give it to Grandpa.

Golf Cart Crossing Sign.stl

Yo, Boomers and Gen X:  I bet some of you will remember this.  Paddle to the Sea was an educational film released by the National Film Board of Canada, based on the book by American author Clancy Holding.  The story is about a boy who carves an Indian in a Canoe and places it in the snow, hoping it will flow into a creek, the St. Lawrence River, and then the Atlantic Ocean.  The boat makes it!  Find the film on Youtube (about 30 minutes) and then download my version of Paddle to the Sea.

Note:  Don't throw him into a river or ocean, please.  It's just for fun.

Paddle to the Sea.stl

This is a toy car I designed a few years ago as part of a board game I made.  The small board game pieces within the car by opening and closing the trunk/boot (also included).

Use support material all over and then finish the toy for a fun little storage container or a gift for a kid.

Enjoy your ride!

big bubble car.stl

An American East Coast classic road is A1A.  This road sign is the third in my American Road Sign Series.  Download and print it in one color, or print it in several colors by pausing the print along the way and switching filaments.  Or finish it with a classic spray or hand-painted colors.

A1A.stl


From San Diego to the top of the state, California's Old Highway 101 is a classic!  Everyone should drive it if they can.  From beautiful beaches in crowded cities to towering cliffs, ancient trees, and small, coastal villages up north, this classic highway has something for everyone.  

This is sign 2 in the American Road Sign Series by Interstate 3D.  

This sign's design is intentional for creating multi-color road signs.  My technique is to begin printing in a base color, pause when it gets to the next section, switch colors, and so on.

Or print it in one color and use a variety of methods to add color, including permanent markers, paints, and more.

Add this sign to your man cave or she-shed, the family room, or make it tiny for your model train set.  It's yours.  Enjoy!

Historic 101.stl

Part of my American Road Sign series, we begin with possibly the most famous road in America:  Route 66!   It dead ends at the ocean, specifically Santa Monica Pier.  This Route 66 sign replica is what you'll see at the entrance to the pier and amusement park as you approach the pier.

Look for this sign, Old Highway 101, A1A and more from Interstate 3D

Route 66 Sign, Santa Monica.stl

Waffle House is the stuff of legends.  They're always open.  They're always interesting.  They are yummy!  

So I made a Waffle House keychain for myself, for you, and for all the waffle people of the world.  Yes, I'm sweet.  That's from the maple syrup I pour on my 3D printed waffles.  Tasty!
-----
This is one half.  Print it twice and glue it back to back.  I included one with a square that you can use for alignment (glue it into one half), and a flat-back version.  There's also a Waffle House waffle without a keychain loop.

Have fun.

Waffle House Keychain

Waffle House Keychain 1.stl

Solid Thangs gear shifter knob.  This is one of many shifter knobs I design for fun.  This particular one is a blank, meaning you drill it yourself and add in the nut that you want.

Or request a size and I'll upload one ready to print and add to a vehicle.  

I print 0.12 resolution and 100% infill.  It takes a good 7 hours, but it's worth it.  

At only 76 grams you can make 14 of these with one roll of filament. A custom shifter knob for less than two bucks!

A Shifty Thang.stl

Saint Patrick is famous in folklore for driving the snakes out of Ireland.  If that story is true, he probably drove them in a truck that had a stick shift.  

Thangs3D is probably the only place lucky enough to have the shifter knob of Saint Patrick himself.  This lucky shifter knob got him out of a lot of situations.  He avoided a falling tree once. He claimed his hand was forcefully drawn to the stick shift, he downshifted, and the tree missed his car.  He was stumped.  

But then he realized it was his lucky Stick Shift knob that was behind his lucky driving.

This is 10mm.  It fits a lot of Japanese cars.  If you want a different thread size let me know, and perhaps you'll be lucky too.

Print it light for fun or 100% to really rock the streets!

#StPatricksRemix from the Logo design of  @mann.alext 

https://than.gs/m/539919


Saint Patrick's Shifter, 10mm #StPatricksRemix

I like to make good 3D models.  Maybe someday I finally will.  

Sorry, I make a lot of dad jokes.   

At the risk of driving people crazy, I became revved up and obsessed with designing the perfect gear shift knob for a manual transmission.  Unfortunately, I stalled a few times, and made numerous prototypes that might work in a clutch, but I still haven't gotten a handle on making the perfect 3D printed shifter knob.

Nevertheless, I will be uploading different designs.  I am happy to use different size threadings upon request.  

Note:  These are NOT for use on any actual motor vehicle,  They are for decoration only.  Although they are threaded to fit a stick shifter, use threaded rod from somewhere else to mount the shifter onto.  Using it on an actual car gear sift shaft might require hot glue as part of the adhesion process, along with plumber's tape and other products one might experiment with, but I can only recommend the shifters I design for office decor, bar decor, etc.  

I am including the sat file so that you can adjust it in programs that can edit that type of file.



Manual Speed Shifters 10mm Thread

Complete solid.stl

Introducing the PI Di.

This model was uploaded at precisely at 3:14 pm Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) on March 14 (Pi Day).

Roll the di for fun facts about Pi, including the beautiful symbol itself, the number 3.14, and four formulas to help you measure circles, including the formulas for circumference, diameter, radius, and area.  

Download it now.  Don't be afraid to di.



The Pi Di.stl

Don't let someone take your spot!  You ride an e-bike, and you love to let everyone know it.  I know I do.  But before your friends, coworkers, family, the mailman, and your therapist tells you to stop talking about your e-bike, download and print this sign for your best friend....I mean, your e-bike.  

I have one at work next to my desk.  Don't even think of parking your One Wheel or Segway in my spot! 

BEST Ebike Parking Only.stl

Easy 3D model/terrible name.  Alliteration is fun until it's not.

This is the Bullet Bulb Build, Bro and Brodettes!  It's a. simple setup for you to use in your own projects.  The bulbs are very inexpensive and with the silicone sleeve are easy to add and remove for projects that don't need permanent lighting or projects that need light that won't fail (because you have lots of backups).  Each bulb is less than fifty cents and the batteries can be replaced.  Buy them in bulk too.

Here's how it works.  I found some LED bulbs on Amazon that caught my attention.  So I ordered a bag.  These self-contained, water-resistant LEDs are very bright and last for 30 hours.  That's a short amount of time for some applications, but a very long time for others.  For example, I designed and 3D printed a tiny plastic piece that attaches to my e-bike.  It holds one of these bulbs, and because the back of the bulb has that protrusion, it was easy to design a knob for twisting the light.  The device I designed is simply a tiny lamp to illuminate my "dash" board (it's an analog readout) so I can see my buttons at night.  I've had the same bulb for months because I only need it for a couple seconds at a time.

Anyway, This is a kit for remixing into your projects.  It comes with a dimensionally-accurate lightbulb with built-in silicone sleeve, a bulb without the sleeve, a replica of the sleeve itself, and a collar that perfectly fits the bulb with the sleeve.

You can download the STL files, of course, but for those of you who work in most CAD programs, I am including SAT versions as well.  I don't think they can import into TinkerCAD yet, which is not good. Maybe they updated for that.  I'm not sure.

I used these to remix some ghosts that were popular last year.  I suppose I should upload those as well.  But not today.

Enjoy, and see what you can create.  

The Bullet Bulb Build

Bulb with Sleeve.stl

In space no one can hear you thang!

This is a replica of the egg from the film Alien.  I printed it a few times, including with glow-in-the-dark filament and marble-like filament (which is what I recommend).  Using a somewhat speckled filament will get you good results if you eat an off-white egg.  Then you can add a green light inside.  Or print it in different colors for your Easter egg hunt.  It's your egg.  Have a crack at it.

The hole in the bottom is designed to fit a single battery-operated bulb.  I buy bags of them on Amazon.  Look in my models for a replica light bulb. that you can use in your projects.  It's the exact same size as the ones for sale online.  Do an Amazon search for small LED bulb with batteries.  You'll eventually see it.  They look just like bullets but with a light on the tip. 

Or build a display mount for it and run lights into it that way.  

As far as support is concerned, you don't really need it, but if you add it get ready to pick it out of there.  Your choice.  You can also cut it in half lengthwise in Meshmixer and print the two halves before glueing them together.



No One Can Hear You Thang (Alien Egg).stl

Are you thirsty for something different to print?  Just yell for the Koolaid Man, and he'll come crashing through a wall near you to deliver his yummy sugary summer goodness!   

It's pretty risky breaking through a brick wall when you're a glass pitcher holding a glass pitcher.  But if he's brave enough to break through bricks, you're brave enough to print it.

I designed it (and a few variations, such as him breaking into pieces).  There's even one with the Hawaiian Punch Dude.  I even have a light switch version if I can find it.  

Happy model, sad photo of the model. ;)


Oh Yeah.stl

I made this one day because I like peace and I like gears.  Peacegear is your new lapel pin, keychain, bedroom wall sign, car emblem, thing you use to put your hair up, doorstop, cat toy and anything else that brings you peace.  Print it in two colors and use it for heads and tails.

Peace and Gear.  Makers love that stuff!

Peace Gear.stl

You don't need this.  Nobody needs this.  But you know you want to download it anyway!   I don't mean to sound too graphite, but this guy has holes in his head and needs some pencils.  Or pens.  Or gummy worms.  

Mohawk Pencil Holder.stl

This is a very simple model rocket that is easy to make.  You need a paper towel tube, some superglue, a streamer for descent, a rocket engine, and these 3D files.

It flies great and is a lot of fun. 

Paper Towel Rocket Kit.stl

This is the bowl where Tony Hawk skated daily, building up his legendary career.  I skated it myself a few times, but never got past the coping.  Too many people watching (along with the fact that I wasn't a good skater).  

The Keyhole was the main bowl at the Del Mar Skate Ranch in Southern California.  The park no longer exists, but Tony Hawk does, and now you can take his bowl with you everywhere you go with the Keyhole Keychain.

It's a simple project and and prints quickly.  Add a keyring and give it to your favorite skater.  If you want the colors accurate, then print it in a marble filament and then paint a blue and orange line where the tiles would be.  

If you decide to print it for skating then you should scale it up a few thousand times, haha.    Feel free to ask any questions.  In the future I might post the fingerboard version that the kids can use with their Tech Decks.  

Enjoy, and please feel free to ask questions.

Keyhole Keychain.stl

"Get Your Pig On!"
That's the slogan for what might be America's most endearing grocery store chain, The Piggly Wiggly.

I live near several, and it's a big part of modern Southern culture in the U.S.

This 3D model might be different than what you're used to seeing.  I call these shells, and after they are printed you fill the cavities with tinted resin.  I prefer to use Fast Cast white resin tinted with a few drops of enamel modeling paint from the small bottles made by Testors.  I mixed the paint with part an and then mix part an and b together.  Stir for almost a minute, pour, and then it cures in about fifteen minutes.  

At the end you will have the cavities filled with different color resins, and it will be a gloppy mess.  This is where a belt sander comes in handy.  With a belt sander you sand the face until the black lines emerge again.  It only takes a minute.  

The photo I included is of my last one, which I kept because it was an older prototype that had artifacts you could see after sanding.  Those issues are now resolved.  

Turn it into a coaster, lapel pin, or just enjoy it for the pigginess of it.

Ask me questions if you're confused.  I've been doing this a long time, and it's tricky at first, but can be a very satisfying way to make art pieces.  It's also extremely quick to print the shells..

IMPORTANT:  always print at 100% infill for this type of project.  You will be sanding a few layers off the top and you don't want to break through an outer layer if the infill is less than 100%

The Piggly Wiggly One.stl

You heard of Space X.  Well, this is Space Rx.  So grab those empty prescription bottles, wash them out, and cut a few mm off the top and bottom.  Print these parts in as light of infill as you can, glue it all together, throw in a rocket engine (buy them online or at hobby stores), and let her rip!  

Build one today!  You don't even need a prescription.

Space RX.stl

Activity related to collaborating with others on models

Likes, comments, and activity from your community

A roundup of models that we think you'll like

For when we think someone might have posted your content as their own

New content from your premium memberships

Emails and messages from designers you follow

interstate3d

Achievements

Seedling

Trailblazer

Up and Coming