Washington, Illinois · FAA Part 107 Certified

Custom car parts. Photos. Drone work. One guy.

I design and 3D print custom car parts, shoot cars, and fly a drone (FAA Part 107) out of my shop in Washington, Illinois, just east of Peoria.

Volvo T6 owner? Shop the intake · $139

  • CAD  Parametric & scan-to-CAD
  • FDM  Nylon, PETG, ABS & TPU, printed in-house
  • Part 107  FAA certified remote pilot
  • On location  Central Illinois

What I do

Four ways to hire me.

Separate disciplines, one shop. Pick the one that matches your project — or ask about more than one.

01 / CUSTOM DESIGN & PARTS

Parts that fit the car you actually have.

Parametric CAD and scan-to-CAD reproduction, printed here on my own enclosed Bambu Lab X1 Carbon, from a single prototype to a small production run. Material is picked for the job: PA6-GF nylon is the flagship for under-hood parts, with PETG, ABS and TPU where they fit better. I order other materials when a job needs them.

  • Intakes, ducting, brackets & sensor housings
  • Dash panels, gauge pods & interior trim
  • Scan-to-CAD reproduction of parts you can't buy
  • Prototypes and small-batch production runs

For people who can't buy the part they need.

02 / AERIAL & DRONE

Drone photo and video, flown legal.

I'm an FAA Part 107 certified remote pilot. I fly photo and video for cars, property, job sites and events across central Illinois.

  • Automotive aerials — rolling and top-down
  • Real estate, land & acreage overviews
  • Construction and site-progress sets
  • Events and business promotional coverage

Every flight is planned around airspace authorization and local rules. Some locations are restricted or need advance approval — I'll tell you before you book.

03 / PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEO

Car photos that don't look like a dealer listing.

On-location car photos and short video. I build car parts too, so I know which details are worth a close-up.

  • Build features and cover-grade stills
  • Photos for selling your car
  • Car meets, shows and event coverage
  • Short-form video cut for social

04 / WEBSITES

Websites for local businesses.

I build fast, easy-to-read websites for small businesses around Peoria. I host them for free and keep them up to date.

  • Built for phones first
  • Estimate requests sent to your email
  • Set up so Google and Bing can find it
  • Free hosting, your web address in your name

The work

Real parts. Real frames.

Everything below I designed, printed or shot myself. Renders are labeled as renders.

Photography & video

On location · Central IllinoisSee the photography
Black Ford Mustang in low evening sun
Ford Mustang · evening sun
Orange Kia Stinger with its liftback and doors open at a car meet
Kia Stinger · rear three-quarter
Sunset over a car meet with a truck and motorcycle in silhouette
Car meet · last light
Sun flaring behind a black Toyota 4Runner at a car meet
4Runner · backlit

Aerial & drone

FAA Part 107 · DJI Mini 5 Pro + Air 3SSee aerial & drone
Aerial frame of the river and city skyline in central Illinois at golden hour
River & skyline · golden hour
Aerial top-down frame of a car on a rural central Illinois highway
Rolling highway · top-down
Aerial frame looking down a small-town main street in central Illinois
Main street · overhead

Getting started

How a project starts.

No forms to decode and no commitment to send a first message.

01

Send what you have

A sketch, a phone photo, a part number, an address, or a half-formed idea. Rough is fine — most projects start that way.

02

I tell you if I can help

If it's not something I can do, I'll say so and point you to someone who can.

03

I scope it and start

Once the job is clear, you get scope and a quote before any work begins. Nothing starts until you've agreed to it.

What to send me

The more of this you include up front, the faster I can give you a real answer.

For a custom part

  • Year, make and model, or the machine it fits
  • Photos of the area and the part it replaces
  • Rough dimensions or the original part to scan
  • Where it sits — underhood, interior, exterior
  • How many you need

For a drone project

  • The address or map pin of the location
  • What it's for — listing, progress, promo, reveal
  • Stills, video, or both
  • Any date you're working toward
  • Whether the site has access restrictions

For photography

  • The car, build or event
  • Where you'd like to shoot, if you have a spot
  • What the images are for — sale, feature, social
  • Stills, video, or both
  • Any date you're working toward

Send me what you've got. You get one price per part, not an hourly estimate, and a delivery window before any work starts.

Start a project

Got a part, a car or a property? Send it.

Send a sketch, a photo, an address, or a half-formed idea. I'll tell you whether I can help — and what it'll take.

Direct:benjaminhoffman@silvades.com309-501-1640Washington, Illinois