3D print the Archerfield Second World War Igloos Complex
A free, printable model of Brisbane's Archerfield Second World War Igloos Complex, its long barrel-roofed hangars and connecting buildings, and the open ground and roads around it, generated from real map data in your browser.
Free, in your browser. Exports a slicer-ready 3MF.
About the Archerfield Second World War Igloos Complex
Brisbane's Archerfield Second World War Igloos Complex, a group of heritage-listed hangars along Kerry Road (nos. 98–138) within Archerfield Airport, stands in Archerfield, Queensland, Australia. Three former igloo hangars and one igloo store make up the group; each is a timber truss structure with a cladding of corrugated iron or ribbed metal sheet. The Allied Works Council built them for the Department of Aircraft Production from February 1943 to about April 1944, and they joined the Queensland Heritage Register on August 27, 1999.
Military aircraft maintenance and repair went on in the complex during the war, run by the US 81st Air Depot Group as well as the U.S. 5th Air Force, which answered to General Douglas MacArthur's headquarters for the South West Pacific Area. A study of wartime prefabricated structures noted that these hangars rank with the longest clear-span buildings in Australia. The buildings were also known as the Hastings Deering (Australia) Ltd premises and the Thiess Contractors Pty Ltd premises.
The area has been called Archerfield only since 1929. Brisbane City Council chose farm land at Cooper's Plains in September 1928 for a new aerodrome, intended to replace Eagle Farm, which had flooded badly; the name changed to Archerfield in July 1929. Hangars were put up at Archerfield or moved there in 1930–31, and Eagle Farm closed in 1931 after heavy rains. After the Second World War began in September 1939, the aerodrome gained strategic importance as a base for air squadrons from Australia, the United States, Britain and the Netherlands.
How it prints
Make this print opens the generator on a 600 m square around the landmark. Buildings print at close to true scale, so the landmark grows with the print size.
| Print size | Landmark height | Scale |
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| 160 mm default | 7 mm | 1:3,750 |
| 200 mm | 8 mm | 1:3,000 |
| 256 mm | 11 mm | 1:2,344 |
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- Smooth barrel roofs
- The long barrel roofs curve in smooth arches with fine ribs. Layers of 0.12–0.16 mm keep the curved surfaces smooth, with less visible stepping.
- Low connecting buildings
- Low connecting buildings and small roof details sit between and beside the hangars. A larger print size keeps them distinct, and Print friendly adapts the smallest to the print scale.
- One piece with the ground
- The Archerfield Second World War Igloos Complex is joined to the ground in the exported file, and the four-side check found no floating parts, so nothing needs gluing.
- Pick the detail for your nozzle
- In the Buildings settings, set Landmark detail to Print friendly to adapt thin parts and small details to the print scale. Full detail keeps every modeled feature, for larger prints or a finer nozzle.
- Colors
- Buildings, roads, water and ground arrive as separate filament slots in the 3MF. The Archerfield Second World War Igloos Complex takes the building color.
- File format
- You get a 3MF for Bambu Studio, OrcaSlicer or PrusaSlicer. Any of them can save it as STL if you need one.
About this model
The Archerfield Second World War Igloos Complex is one of more than 2,300 landmark models in Mini Skyline. They are made with AI, and each one is checked from four sides in its real surroundings before release. Everything around it is built from OpenStreetMap and Overture map data. If you would rather print the shape from map data, turn off Landmark models in the Buildings settings.
Common questions
Is there an Archerfield Second World War Igloos Complex STL I can download?
Mini Skyline builds the file for you in your browser and exports 3MF, which every major slicer opens. If you need an STL, open the 3MF in your slicer and export it from there.
How big can I print it?
Any print size from 40 mm across. The Archerfield Second World War Igloos Complex grows with the print: about 7 mm tall on the default 160 mm print. For a model larger than your printer bed, Project Mode splits the area into tiles.
Is it free?
Yes. Generation runs in your browser, with no account and nothing behind a paywall.
