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Hello and Welcome!

Welcome to the home of Bowaters Models and Avontuur Models! The home of distinctive rolling stock kits for your Garden Railway as well as a growing range of 4mm scale models for 009!

About Bowaters Models

Bowaters Models is a small UK Model Railway business owned and run by Jon Reeves with help from his family specialising Garden Railway kits in 1:32, 15mm (1:20.3), 16mm (1:19) and 7/8ths (1:13.7) scales. 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 both motive power and rolling stock kits from the United Kingdom, Isle of Man, South Africa and the United States.

About Avontuur Models

Avontuur Models is a small UK Model Railway business owned and run by Jon Reeves with help from his family specialising on kits for 4mm Scale/009 and On30/ Avontuur Models released its first kit in 2020. The current and planned range includes a range of prototypes from the South African Railways 2ft gauge fleet.