3D print the Manchester Barton Aerodrome control tower
A free, printable 3D model of the Manchester Barton Aerodrome control tower, shown with the surrounding airfield area and generated from real map data in your browser.
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The model you print
Manchester Barton Aerodrome control tower in 3D
The landmark on its own, at its size on a 160 mm print. Print friendly thickens thin parts for a 0.4 mm nozzle; Full detail keeps every part.
- On a 160 mm print
- 4 mm
- Scale
- 1:3,750
4 mm tall on a 160 mm print
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.
- A small tower on a wide airfield
A control tower is a compact building with small windows and rails. A larger print size or Full detail keeps them, while Print friendly simplifies thin parts for small prints.
- One piece with the ground
The Manchester Barton Aerodrome control tower 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 Manchester Barton Aerodrome control tower 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 the Manchester Barton Aerodrome control tower
Barton Aerodrome lies west of Manchester, 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) away, at Barton-upon-Irwell in Salford, Greater Manchester, England. It was the UK's first purpose-built municipal airport, and it has four grass runways. Construction began in the autumn of 1928. In January 1930 the airfield, a grass field, and a large hangar were finished.
The control tower was completed in the spring of 1933 together with an associated wireless station. It was the first at any municipal airport outside London, and it could provide pilots with bearings from the airfield as well as talk to aircraft in flight. Europe's oldest tower still used for its original purpose is believed to be this one. A major rebuilding and refurbishment program took place in 2006. Grade II listed status protects it, as it does the original terminal building and hangar.
Little has changed at Barton since opening, and it is regarded as a good example of a 1930s airfield. During the Second World War it was requisitioned for military aircraft repair and overhaul, and over 700 Percival Proctor aircraft were assembled and tested there. Films and television programs often use the airfield as a setting, and the distinctive control tower frequently appears prominently in them.
About this model
The Manchester Barton Aerodrome control tower is one of more than 5,500 landmark models in Mini Skyline. They are made with AI, and each one is checked from four sides in its real surroundings before release. Each model is written as code from public descriptions, plans, photographs and aerial views used only as references; no image or third-party model is copied into it. Everything around it is built from OpenStreetMap and Overture map data. Rights in the building itself, its name and any brands on it are not granted by Mini Skyline; clear them separately before you sell prints. If you would rather print the shape from map data, turn off Landmark models in the Buildings settings.
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