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299 WORKS: A Model Maker Builds the Tools He Needed

299modelworks.com ↗ · Useful Tools · score 88.0
○Open: public page gives enough substance to understand the site $Paid: pricing, booking, ecommerce, subscription, or paid access is visible ADAds: visible ad load or ad-supported content ✦Pretty: notable design, copy, craft, or presentation ◆Pro: polished, finished-feeling, serious, or operationally mature ◇Niche: specific audience, workflow, or unusually focused use case ◉Human: personal, local, community, civic, handmade, or real-person signal !Suspicious: scammy, spammy, trust theater, finance fog, or credibility concern

A Japanese maker portal combining scale-model galleries, detailed build journals, Blender add-ons, 3D-printing experiments, and a searchable paint reference tool.

Why it surfaced

Its 299 Paint Finder brings together 2,194 colors from six manufacturers, 45 kit references, and 953 references, while the site also offers 13 small Blender add-ons and a chain-calculation tool for model builders. The surrounding journals document the work behind those tools, from repairing vintage kits to designing a motorcycle exhaust through roughly ten prototypes.

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The 240-Material Organ

August 16’s newborn domains include a 240-material perfume organ, a repeatedly saved JPEG cat, a ski tracker designed by a 15-year-old, and a searchable page claiming to contain 148,303 prescription records.

This is one of 1,000 discoveries in the 2026-08-16 Domain Arrivals issue.

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