The Bowman Models company was founded around 1925 in the UK,
the founder was Geoffrey Jenkins and "Bowman of Luton" was founded in 1945 by P.M.Nash
Personally of all the makes I own my Bowmans are my favorites, they are very robust and just keep going on and on.
Although they are not to difficult to obtain from the likes of Ebay they do command high prices.
M122 circa 1930's, of all my Bowmans this is the one I fire up most at steam shows.
