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. As of 2025, RAF partners with shop3d.io for printing and order fulfillment, mostly for the high quality of their color prints.
In March 2026, shop3d.io discontinued their Grey Nylon material, and it made little sense to continue to offer Grey Resin without it. So Great War Planes switched to offering only full-color miniatures, and alternative solutions will be explored to make single-color prints and/or downloadable STL files available.