Stuart Stationery engines

These engines designed and marketed as casting and material sets by Stuart models formally known as Stuart Turner Ltd.

Stuart Turner

Stuart Models are the oldest company in the world still producing a range of model steam engines. The business was established back  in 1898 with the founding principals of quality, service and commitment which have to this very day  remained unchanged.

The founder of Stuart Models, Mr. Stuart Turner was born in 1868. Little is known about his childhood or adolescence although we do know that his family's ambitions for him did not include becoming an engineer.

He eventually, after a series of other jobs, gained employment looking after the steam generating plant at Shiplake Court near Henley-on-Thames. In those days mains electricity was rare and therefore most large houses had their own electricity generating plants. 

So began the business which has become one of the best known names in model engineering. He went on to produce further designs, and by 1906 there were Nine models in the range. By 1907 more space was needed so premises were rented at Market Place, Henley-On-Thames where the company remained for many years.

Thre set of part for the Victorial
as suppled by Stuart Turner

A decision was taken in the late 1980s to separate Stuart Turner Ltd. into two separate operations with the larger side of the business making pumps staying at Henley-On-Thames and the Steam Engine section moving to Cheddar in Somerset. In 1991 Stuart Models underwent a change of ownership with the production and sales departments moving to Guernsey.

Since it's move the new owners, well aware of its heritage and reputation, have strove to reintroduce some of the more popular models from the past whilst keeping to the ethics of its founder to make models using only the finest materials and provide the best service possible.

These are the Stuart Model (Turner) engines I currently own.


I currently own three completed working Stuart Models:-

These are my other two  engines  which are  work in progress :-