Below are the award winners from the 2025 Model of the Year competition. Congratulations to the winning and highly commended entrants! 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.

Photographs of the winning models will appear in “16mm Today”.

Category Award Name Model
Roundhouse Trophy Winner William Bull South African Railways NG15
Butterley Trophy Winner Steve Taylor NDM-6 live diesel electric
Highly Commended Mike Dockery RHER No 24 Super-Garratt 2-6-6-2+2-6-6-2T.
Lineside Trophy Winner Paul Cawthra-Smith Livestock loading/unloading dock
Highly Commended Adrian Rogers Milkingpen Lane Station Building
Highly Commended Chris Webster Isle of Man Railway style station building
Passenger & Rolling Stock Shield Winner William Curry The Good, the Okay and the Ugly (or Not Quite a WHR train!)
Highly Commended Tony Hill WW1 18lb Gun Wagon
Gordon Diplock Trophy Winner Andy Watkins Circuit Board Wagons
Junior Cup Winner Oliver Sausins Quarry Hunslet ‘Britomart’ Works No 707 of 1899
Peter Jones Trophy Winner Steve Taylor NDM-6 live diesel electric
Highly Commended Andy Watkins Circuit Board Wagons
Newcomers Trophy Winner James Shrubsole Sentry box brake van with motorised mode to simulate gravity working of “down” passenger trains
Highly Commended John Fitzjohn Ember the Bagnall, 2-4-0T; a Boot Lane Works kitbash
Highly Commended Ben McGuinness Boot Lane Works ‘Musketeer’ Model “Terry”
Geoff Munday Trophy Winner Rob Golding A Rebuilt and Restored Steamlines Rheidol
Modular Layout Cup Winner Malcolm Shaw Ariel ropeway terminus
Highly Commended Chris Hall Estate railway maintenance shed
Best Layout vote Winner Eddie Spencer Johnson Harbour
Best in MOTY vote Winner Mike Dockery RHER No 24 Super-Garratt 2-6-6-2+2-6-6-2T.