Reduced Aircraft Factory, LLC, (“RAF”) is a Colorado Limited Liability Corporation dedicated to making available World War One aircraft miniatures in various scales, as both full-color 3D prints of various paint schemes and plain, paintable printed miniatures.
Our original printing partner was Shapeways. The first RAF model, a 1:288 Albatros J.I, was uploaded to Shapeways in December, 2012. RAF released its first full-color 3D print, an Albatros D.III in High-Definition Full Color, in autumn 2021. The first full-color prints were made available through an Etsy shop, but Shapeways thankfully eliminated the need for that in early 2022 and made full-color prints available directly through the Shapeways shop.
In July 2024, Shapeways went bankrupt, and the search for a new printing partner began. RAF now partners with shop3d.io for printing and order fulfillment.
Transferring all of the models from Shapeways to shop3d.io will take some time and a bit of experimentation and trials. In the long run, it is hoped to restore over 350 paintable models and 350 full-color prints of various WWI planes, and to more are added on a regular basis. If you have any particular WWI plane or paint scheme you’d like to see, use one of the contact methods to make a request and it will likely be added to the queue.