About Bowaters Models
Bowaters Models is a small UK Model Railway company owned and run by Jon Reeves specializing in 4mm Scale 3D Printed Products and 16mm Scale Garden Railway Kits. Bowaters Models released its first kit in March 2015 initially focusing on the rolling stock of the Bowaters Paper Railway. The Current Active and Planned Range includes models from the Bowaters Paper Railway, Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway, Chattenden & Upnor Railway, Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways and the Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad.
Website:-
www.bowatersmodels.co.uk
e-mail:-
info@bowatersmodels.co.uk
Examples of our current/upcoming Range:-
BMS Series - Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad
As things progress, things start to grow. And Bowaters Models is no different! We're starting to look beyond our current range and starting to look at other Prototypes. As such, we're starting work on the next range to follow on from our Ffestiniog, Chattenden & Upnor and Sittingbourne Ranges.
As such, we're pleased to announce our 2018/2019 range which will see us working on a Maine Two Footers Range in 16mm scale! Focusing on the Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes, we've selected a range of 2 Coaches, 7 different Freight Cars and 3 Cabooses which will form the initial range allowing a wide mix of Sandy River trains to be run. The Range at present consists of the following items:-
BMS-001 SR&RL Combine No.15
BMS-002 SR&RL Coach No.19/20
BMS-101 SR&RL 24ft Box Car No.55-66
BMS-102 SR&RL 28ft Box Car No.100-108
BMS-103 SR&RL 28ft Box Car No.121-125
BMS-104 SR&RL 24ft Dairy Car No.59
BMS-201 SR&RL 24ft Flat Car/Pulpwood Car/Coal Car No.200-210
BMS-202 SR&RL 28ft Flat Car/Pulpwood Car/Coal Car No.350-362
BMS-203 SR&RL 33ft Flat Car/Pulpwood Car/Coal Car No.363-387 ~ Eustis Railroad
BMS-301 SR&RL Caboose No.551
BMS-302 SR&RL Caboose No.551
BMS-303 SR&RL Caboose No.553
At the moment, this range is at the design stage and is progressing well. We have extended plans for this range to cover a wide range of Sandy River Prototypes so if there are any particular Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes items of Rolling stock you would like to see, let us know!
We envisage these items of rolling stock being suitable for both 32mm and 45mm gauge track. They will also in accordance with new policy, be supplied complete with bogies and couplings. These items will be to 16mm scale (1:19) and will fit in perfectly with the Roundhouse Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Baldwin.
If you are interested in any part of this range, please contact us via e-mail at
info@bowatersmodels.co.uk to register your interest.
BME-001/BME-002 Battery Electric Locomotives
Bowaters Models is proud to reveal our latest/upcoming releases. A pair of Battery Electric Battery Electrics! Something we’re not aware has been done in 16mm before by a kit designer. We have two options, one Freelance (released) and one prototypical (on the way and hopefully due by the end of October). The Prototypical BEV is based on the Bowaters Railway ‘The Tank’ while the Freelance one is a modification of this design. The Freelance engine runs on an IPE Chassis while the prototypical engine will run on a TBC chassis. The Freelance engine is 32mm only and the Prototypical is both 32mm/45mm compatible.
Both our kits will pull 2-4 of our Pulp Wagons or 1-2 of our staff coaches depending on weight which is exactly what the prototype was able to pull (our end goal). Minimum radius is 2ft 6inches for the Freelance engine and TBC for the prototypical. These kits are perfect for both general Garden Railway use and to run with the SKLR/Bowaters Range we sell ourselves.
The Range consists of the following items:-
- BME-001 Bowaters Paper Railway ‘The Tank’
- BME-002 Freelance Battery Electric
The range is designed to be easy to assemble while still producing a scale model for operation with the various 16mm Live Steam and Battery Electric SKLR items of Motive Power and rolling stock. As per our new policy, these items are available complete with chassis and couplings in the gauge of your choice and couplings.
Newly announced at Sittingbourne, we are also working on 3 other locomotive kits.
BME-003 is a Bagnall 0-6-2T based on the prototypes that operated on the Bowaters Paper Railway. We will be modeling 'Superb' although the kit will be designed to enable Alpha and Triumph to be modeled as well. We are aiming to have suitable etched nameplates available for the 3 engines as part of the kit. The engine will be able to run on 32mm & 45mm track and is to 16mm scale. This kit is at the Research stage with design work due to start shortly.
BME-004 is a Vulcan 0-4-4RT Forney based on the prototype that operated on the Monson Railroad. We will be modeling Number 3 which is preserved today at the Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad. The engine will be able to run on 32mm track (we are working on 45mm as well) and is to 16mm scale. This engine is at the design stage with the mechanical work currently underway.
BME-005 is a Baldwin 2-4-4T Forney based on the prototype that operated on the Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad. We will be modeling number 9 which sadly didn't survive the scraping of the railroad. The engine will be able to run on 32mm & 45mm track and is to 16mm scale. This kit is at the Research stage with design work due to start once BME-003 and BME-004 have been completed/released.
BMU Series - Chattenden & Upnor Railway Coaches
Bowaters Models is proud to reveal our latest release. A pair of Chattenden and Upnor Railway Coaches which are modeled in their current operating condition on the Sittingbourne and Kemsley Light Railway. With little work, these kits can be made to look as they did when operating on the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway in the late 1960s to mid-1970s.
The Range consists of the following items:-
- BMU-000 ~ A Multipack of 3 coaches (2 BMU-001s and 1 BMU-002)
- BMU-001 ~ Chattenden and Upnor Railway Coach 196/200
- BMU-002 ~ Chattenden and Upnor Railway Coach 199
The range is designed to be easy to assemble while still producing a scale model for operation with the various 16mm Live Steam and Battery Electric SKLR/Welshpool items of Motive Power. The Coaches are designed to run on both 32mm and 45mm track with a minimum radius of 3ft. As per our current policy, these items are available complete with bogies in the gauge of your choice and couplings.
BMF Series - Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railways
Bowaters Models are proud to announce our Ffestiniog Railway Corridor Stock Range of kits for 16mm scale Garden Railways. The range will consist of 5 coaches all covering 5 members of the Ffestiniog Railway Operational Fleet circa 2016. The Range includes a range of coaches allowing anything from a 2 to 7 coach train to be created using the range as its basis. The 5 kits include all 3 'Carnforth' Coaches as well as 4 different Barns. The entire range is representative of the Coaches as they were operating during 2016 on the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railways. BMF-005 is externally representative of Ffestiniog Railway Coach No.106/107 however it uses the same interior as BMF-002. This will change as of October 2017.
The range is designed to be easy to assemble while still producing a scale model for operation with the various 16mm Live Steam and Battery Electric Ffestiniog Railway items of Motive Power. The Coaches are designed to run on both 32mm and 45mm track with a minimum radius of 5ft although the bogies can be moved outwards towards the ends of the coaches to decrease the minimum radius significantly.
As with all our current products, the kits come complete with Accucraft Chopper Couplings along with IP Engineering Large Bogies in the gauge of your choice. Both items can be removed from your kit at your request.
The Range consists of the following kits:-
BMF-000 Ffestiniog Railway Multipack – (1 each of BMF-001 and any 3 coaches from the rest of the range)
BMF-001 Ffestiniog Railway Observation Coach No.102
BMF-002 Ffestiniog Railway All 3rd Coach No.105
BMF-003 Ffestiniog Railway Composite Coach No.112/113
BMF-004 Ffestiniog Railway Buffet Coach No.114
BMF-005 Ffestiniog Railway Composite Coach No.106/107
Please note, it is our longer term plan to cover the Majority of the Ffestiniog Railway and the Welsh Highland Railway Modern Passenger Fleet as the technical data we require becomes available. We will have more information on this at Exeter.
We have more on the way which we haven't listed here as well as others that are already released. To view the whole range, please visit our website. We will update this thread as releases come up based on our press releases.
Kind Regards,
Jon, Bowaters Models.
