Bowaters Models - 16mm Rolling Stock Kits

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Now live is our Spring sale! Save 10% off all Bowaters Models products on our website! All kits are available in both MDF and Plywood! To view the entire range, visit our website at www.bowatersmodels.co.uk ! The discount is applied automatically at checkout!

We've been asked, 'Can I order during your current sale and collect my order at Peterborough?' Yes. Yes you can. Just add a note to your order and or drop us a message at the time of ordering and it will be prepared for collection at the show! This applies to the entire range not just the models currently reduced! We will continue to accept orders for the show up till at least a month before the show date (if we can fit more orders in, we will). Have any questions? Let us know!

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New from Bowaters Models, 2 7/8ths Scale Engines and a range of freelance passenger coaches!

To start with the motive power....



First up, is our Bowaters Paper Railway Hudson Hunslet 'Victor'. Available in plastic with either 32mm gauge or 45mm gauge chassis (you'll get the wider chassis by default but the wheels can be positioned for 32mm easily) with motor, wheels, 4w drive and bearings. You will also have the option of a Loco remote including one with sound recorded from the real engine! Price for the complete kit is £250.



Next up, is our Royal Naval Armament Deport Hunslet 'Barton Hall'. Available in plastic with either 32mm gauge or 45mm gauge chassis (you'll get the wider chassis by default but the wheels can be positioned for 32mm easily) with motor, wheels, 4w drive and bearings. You will also have the option of a Loco remote and we are working on including one with sound recorded from the real engine once it re-enters traffic. Price for the complete kit is £250.

Moving onto 16mm.....



Our range of 4 Freelance Corridor Coaches are based on our SAR coaches (which have returned if you haven't noticed after a lot of people requesting them). Covering the 1st class coaches with the V2 also converted, they're all available in MDF and Plywood with appropriate Bogies, Vacuum Pipes and Accucraft Chopper couplings. These models are effectively proto-lance.



We've also at the request of a customer, created 2 freelance 4w coaches! Complete with beading, wheels, bearings and Accucraft Chopper couplings, these coaches are on the larger side for 4w coaches but we can happily scale these coaches to 2 compartment and 4 compartment with bogies. These are also available in MDF and Plywood.

For full details, see our website! - www.bowatersmodels.co.uk

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That’s your lot. The final 2 internally designed 16mm kits for a period (to be reviewed in a year) although there are a couple of exceptions but they’re SKLR related kits.



New from Bowaters Models, the Snailbeach hoppers! Available in Plywood only in either 32mm or 45mm gauges, they’re a combination of laser cutting and 3D printing. They will come complete with wheels/axles/bearings and you can choose to either have Accucraft Chopper couplings or supply your own. There are two chassis designs. Design A that is designed for under chassis mounted couplings (such as those fitted to FR slate wagons) and Design B designed for Accucraft Chopper Couplings. Both variants are priced at £40 each and there will be a discount of buy 5 and get the 6th free applied automatically at checkout!



They are not going on the website yet (I want to get the backlog cleared before then because we’re still a couple of weeks behind) but we will be restricting numbers of these produced to keep production in check. We are at our limits when it comes to print capacity hence the more popular products are now being restricted (this is why it’s only 6 class 33s/91s (and 73s when released)). We will do 80 in the first month and then 40 a month after that. Please note these are the we are definitely doing that number. Any spare capacity will be dealt with in order number. Naturally, once we have a extra 3D printer (or 2 depending on space when we’re able to sort out some storage issues…..), then we can up the numbers accordingly or remove them completely depending on our average workload.
Estimated release date - 29th October 2020 alongside Rangeley and our mystery Gauge 1 coach!

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The kits look great, Are there any plans to do freight rolling stock for Sierra Leone narrow gauge to go with all the 2-6-2t Hunslets out there? Or are the SAR kits close enough to use as "stand in's" for cars used on the SLR? I am hopefully that the SLR coaches come into production next year that I have heard about. Cheers Mike

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Time to update this properly as its been a few years since there has been a narrow gauge release! (I had to register a new account as whatever I did I couldn't recover the old one (formally ANGR607)

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-IoM 1894 Small Fs - 2023-

And time for something completely different. For the first time in 3 years, a all new design of Narrow Gauge Coach just in time for the SKLR End of Season Gala! Available right now from Bowaters Models, the 1894 Isle of Man Small F coaches!

Designed to run with our existing coaches and featuring a new design for the curved sides, these are the first narrow gauge coaches we’ve released in only plywood! Suitable for both 32mm and 45mm gauge track, these kits come complete with Accucraft Chopper Couplings, seating and suitable bogies.

The 3 versions being covered are:-

•1894 Small F All Third Coach

•1894 Small F Brake Composite Coach

•1894/1896 Small F Half Brake Third coach

Priced at £120 each due to the fact they are purely plywood construction using thinner thicknesses than we’ve ever used before, they’re on the website to purchase right now!



-Final Generation 1 Ffestiniog Railway Coaches - February 2024-

Next on our Stoneleigh releases, the final 3 Ffestiniog Railway Coaches (where have we said that before!). Covering the final 3 Corridor Coaches we haven't done to date, these finish off the range nicely before we move onto the super detailed versions in the near future. Covering Coaches 14, 122 and 152, they share the same common design as the other coaches while retaining the same the competitive pricing. Coach 14 is also the first coach to feature the new much thinner beading that will be rolled out as standard from Stoneleigh! They come complete with Accucraft Chopper Couplings, bogies and wheels as standard with our window kit being available for 122 and 14. We are still working on a window kit for the Observation coaches with curved ends but all attempts aren't proving successful enough for mass production.







-Generation 2 Ffestiniog Railway Coaches are here! - October 2024-

They’re finally here, the first 3 Generation 3 Ffestiniog Railway Coaches!

Covering coaches 102, 104 and 105, these coaches are a completely different beast compared to what we’ve made before. Featuring a true multi media and multi material construction, these coaches represent the best and highest detailed models we have to date. The full specification list is -

• Prototypical Detailed Bogies

• Multi Material approach using a combination of MDF, Plywood and 3D printing on all kits

• Door Furniture

• Glazing as standard

• Posable Window Droplights

• Vacuum Pipes and Accucraft Chopper Couplings as standard

• Option to have the kit come with Decals or not

• Uprated and enhanced interiors as required

• Underframe detail as appropriate

• Removable roof with allowance for fitting lighting

• Thinner more prototypical beading (something we’ve already rolled out on the existing kits)

• Redesigned body for more prototypical construction and thinner construction than our existing FR coaches while remaining being easy to build

These coaches are designed to run on both 32mm and 45mm gauges and come with either steel wheels or glass filled resin wheels.





-Additional Generation 2 Ffestiniog Railway Coaches Released - January to February 2025-

New from Bowaters Models, the latest pair of Next Generation Ffestiniog Railway Coaches! Produced in 16mm scale using a range of materials, these coaches are the perfect addition to the existing models and allow the classic modern mixed roof FR corridor trains to be produced! We are planning two more Tin cars in time including the prototype 110 with details on them to follow!

In this current release are coaches 119 and 120 modelled in their as withdrawn condition. They come complete with either steel wheels or glass filled resin wheels, possible vacumn pipes, brass fittings and Accucraft Chopper couplings as standard! In line with the rest of the range, they’re priced between £145 and £160 each and available right now!

We have plans to expand this range before the end of the year with details to follow at Stoneleigh! And maybe another FR coach timing allowing…..

You may also notice another coach. Coach 22 was always intended to have vents out of the box with the design allowing for it. These have now been added to the kit at no additional cost! If you already own a second generation Coach 22 and wish to have them sent to you, let us know! All new orders feature the vents as standard!







-IoM 1896 Small F Empress Van - April 2025-

The first physical product release of Stoneleigh is the 15mm scale Metropolitian Carriage and Wagon Company Small F' Empress Van!

Available now in both 32mm gauge or 45mm gauge, these represent the first of the last 3 generation 1 kits that will be produced for the business as everything moves to the new higher detailed designs that have gone down enormously well! These kits continue to only be available in Plywood with Accucraft Chopper Couplings, resin glass filled wheels, oil filled bronze bearings and steel axles as standard. We are also looking at supplying suitable Vacumn pipes with the kit for no additional charge!

Available now for £120 or £100 without bogies, this is the final Isle of Man Coach we intend to produce and is the perfect final addition to the range!



-Generation 2 South African Railways Stock - April 2025-

Time for the big release and one we've been working on for a while!

New from Bowaters Models in partnership with Exclusive Models NL, the second of our Next Generation ranges this time covering models from South African Railways!

Covering 3 wagons, 2 Brake Vans and 3 Coaches, they feature the already proven designs and methodology from our Ffestiniog Railway Coaches using a multimedia approach to get an amazing finish.

The full specification being -

•Prototypical Detailed Bogies

•Multi Material approach using a combination of MDF, Plywood and 3D printing on all kits

•Brass Door Furniture

•Full Glazing as standard

•Connectable Vacumn Pipes

•Poseable Window Droplights

•Separate fitted window framing

•Accucraft Chopper Couplings as standard

•Option to have the kit come with Decals or not

•Uprated and enhanced interiors as required

•Underframe detail as appropriate

•Removable roof with allowance for fitting lighting

•Thinner more prototypical beading (something we’ve already rolled out on the existing kits)

•Redesigned body for more prototypical construction and thinner construction than our existing coaches while remaining being easy to build

•The kits come with a solid headstock by default but we do have the designs for a recessed one should you wish for this option (contact us as time of ordering)

•These coaches are designed to run on either 32mm or 45mm gauges out of the box and come with either steel wheels or glass filled resin wheels as standard.

Uniquely to these kits, you have a choice of couplings! You can either select our standard Accucraft Chopper Couplings (representing stock on the Avontuur Railway) or a Bell Mouth and single link coupling (representing stock from the railways of Natal).

Covered in this first wave are -

•South African Railways NG-B type 1

•South African Railways NG-B type 2

•South African Railways NG-ST

•South African Railways NG-L4

•South African Railways NG-S10

•South African Railways NG-T1

•South African Railways NG-V2

•South African Railways NG-V15

Prices vary across the range with Wagons being £80, the smaller brake van £85 and the longer bogie coaches being £110. All prices being with steel wheels.

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Time for the big one! In development from Bowaters Models, the Next Generation SAR Class 91 in 16mm Scale!

Coming later in 2025, to run with our upgraded SAR rolling stock kits, one of the largest commercially available 16mm diesels is getting an upgrade!



The South African railways Class 91 is getting a major overhaul including an upgraded power train, enhanced detail and other improvements to better suit the new rolling stock. The engine represents a massive change in direction for our Motive power range focusing on higher detail and easier construction for our kits.

The full specification being -
- 2 or 4 motor drive
- Multimedia construction
- Multiple coupling options
- Suitable SAR Number plates as standard
- Enhanced detail including a representative cab.
- Possible Vacuum Pipes
- Resin components where appropriate
- Resigned Bogies being more realistic in appearance and construction

We hope to have the first one on display at Exeter alongside another piece of motive power we’re working on! Prices to be confirmed but we’re hoping to keep it similar to the older model where possible.