Below are the award winners from the 2016 Model of the Year competition. Congratulations to the winning and highly commended entries, and our thanks to everyone who took part by entering, to those who took time to look at the many excellent models on display, and to the MOTY stewarding and judging team.
A fuller set of photographs will appear in “16mm Today”.
| Category | Award | Name | Model |
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| Allcomers Locomotive Trophy | Winner | John and Peter Cam | Coal fired Darjeeling ‘A’ class loco in original condition |
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| Allcomers Locomotive Trophy | Highly Commended | John Brittain | Manning Wardle 2-8-2 well tank 1901/1915 2′ 5 1/2″ gauge |
| Jack Wheldon Memorial Trophy | Winner | Dave Morgan | A Mamodification of the Beyer-Garratt K1 “as if Mamod (Malin) might have made it |
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| Roundhouse Trophy | Winner | Geoff Munday | Festiniog Railway Double Fairlie “Livingston Thompson” |
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| Roundhouse Trophy | Highly Commended | Barry Statham | K1 Garratt 0-4-0 + 0-4-0T |
| Roundhouse Trophy | Highly Commended | Peter Newhouse | Spirit of Adventure |
| Butterley Trophy | Winner | Phil Hatton | Schoema diesel hydraulic locomotive from Isle of Man Railways |
| Butterley Trophy | Highly Commended | Geoff Loynes | Talyllyn Railway No. 8 “Merseysider” diesel loco |
| Butterley Trophy | Highly Commended | John Stephen | “The Hornet” scratch built shunter |
| Andrew Neale Challenge Trophy | Winner | Mike Dockery | 16mm Scale Decauville 8 Ton 500mm Gauge 0-6-0T |
| Andrew Neale Challenge Trophy | Highly Commended | David Mercer | W.A.G.R. Class R No. 146 (Dübs & Co. Glasgow 1896) |
| Andrew Neale Challenge Trophy | Highly Commended | Jeremy Viewing | Metre gauge Peckett saddle tank, works number 2029 of 1942, Stewarts & Lloyds No. 87 Wellingborough Quarries and Mines |
| Lineside Trophy | Winner | Patrick Cross | Engine Shed |
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| Lineside Trophy | Highly Commended | David Turner | Ground signal |
| Lineside Trophy | Highly Commended | Chris Turley | Freelance island platform station building |
| Passenger Stock Shield | Winner | John French | Bowaters workmen’s coach |
| Passenger Stock Shield | Highly Commended | Campbell Lees | Pair of teak bogie coaches |
| Rolling Stock Trophy | Winner | Nigel Goff | Cork, Blackrock & Passage Railway brake van. 1:24 scale |
| Rolling Stock Trophy | Highly Commended | Ken Munday | Snailbeach hopper wagons |
| Gordon Diplock Trophy | Highly Commended | Rick Collett | Mallard and me |
| Junior Cup | Winner | Lewis Bloomfield | Maintenance works van |
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| Junior Cup | Highly Commended | Matt Nunn | Lister “RT” Diesel conversion and quarry sleds |
| Junior Cup | Highly Commended | Harry Pettitt | Ffestiniog Railway 1870s four wheelers |
| Peter Jones Trophy | Winner | Geof Weston | Test station – for testing models on steam or air |
| Peter Jones Trophy | Highly Commended | Mike Skyner | Project Y, a jet powered track clearing vehicle |
| Peter Jones Trophy | Highly Commended | Dave Morgan | A Mamodification of the Beyer-Garratt K1 “as if Mamod (Malin) might have made it” |
| Layouts award | Winner | Indian Hill Railway | |