3D print RAF Mount Batten flying boat hangars
A free, printable model of the gabled hangar and the shoreline, roads and water around the Mount Batten peninsula, generated from real map data in your browser.
Free, in your browser. Exports a slicer-ready 3MF.
About RAF Mount Batten flying boat hangars
A peninsula called Mount Batten, in Plymouth Sound, Devon, England, once held a base for flying boats run by the Royal Air Force. It began as a seaplane station opened in 1917 for the Royal Navy Air Service, under the name Cattewater. In 1918 it turned into RAF Cattewater and was renamed RAF Mount Batten in 1928, taking its name from Captain Batten, a commander in the Civil War.
Activity was light at first, but in 1919 the station gained notice when the Curtiss NC 4 flying boat arrived, after completing the first crossing of the Atlantic by air. Following reconstruction, it opened as RAF Mount Batten on October 1, 1928, intended to give flying boats a base for defending south-west England. Its first squadron, No. 203 Squadron RAF, flew the Supermarine Southampton, and T. E. Lawrence, known then as Aircraftman Shaw, was employed in the 1930s on its high-speed air sea rescue launches.
German air raids on November 28, 1940 left one hangar and a Short Sunderland destroyed. Beyond several memorials, some road names that refer to aviation, and the main slipway, the chief traces of the base are two impressive Grade II listed hangars of the F-type, dating from 1917.
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 | 4 mm | 1:3,750 |
| 200 mm | 5 mm | 1:3,000 |
| 256 mm | 6 mm | 1:2,344 |
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- Long gabled roof
- The hangar has a long roof with many fine ridge lines. Larger prints and 0.12-0.16 mm layers keep them crisp.
- Lean-to side sheds
- Low sheds run along the sides and ends, with a small sign over the front. Print friendly adapts these to the print scale; Full detail keeps them on a larger print.
- One piece with the ground
- RAF Mount Batten flying boat hangars 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. RAF Mount Batten flying boat hangars 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
RAF Mount Batten flying boat hangars 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 a RAF Mount Batten flying boat hangars 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. RAF Mount Batten flying boat hangars grows with the print: about 4 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.
