Voting has now opened for Model Rail Magazines' annual Model of the Year Awards!
We are delighted to see several of our exclusive projects in OO and N Gauge are nominated for various awards - including the Heljan OO Gauge BR 18100 Gas Turbine locomotive as well as the wonderful Sonic Models N Gauge GWR 'Large Prairies'.
What's more, as usual, you can vote for your favourite shop in the Retailer of the Year category too! We would be delighted if you could take the time to vote for Rails of Sheffield in this year's awards.
We'd like to take a moment to thank all of our customers for shopping with us across what has been a very interesting and busy 2024. We look forward to continuing to serve you as we enter 2025.
Rails Exclusive Models Up for Awards
Heljan x Rails Limited OO Gauge
BR '18100' Gas Turbine Prototype locomotive (+ later converted E1000/ E2001 electric variants)
The model is based on a unique gas turbine prototype built for BR, but ordered by the GWR in the 1940s. British Rail 18100 was a prototype mainline gas turbine-electric locomotive delivered to British Railways in 1952 by Metropolitan-Vickers of Manchester.
Sonic x Rails Limited N Gauge
GWR Class 5101/ 61xx 'Large Prairie' 2-6-2T
Developed from the rails up by Sonic Models, this award winning new tooling offers N Gauge modellers with a top quality, modern example of the popular Large Prairie for the first time!
About the MOTY AWARDS
The Model of the Year awards began in 2006 and offer you, the Model Rail readers, a chance to acknowledge the amazing effort that manufacturers put into their products, as well as offering a useful barometer of public opinion.
Voting is completely free and open to everyone, with each nominee consisting of a new ready-to-run model that has appeared over the calendar year, and which has been reviewed in Model Rail in 2024. This includes all-new and revised toolings, including those receiving enhancements to mechanisms, electronics and detail specifications.
Categories are spread across each of the popular scales, featuring locomotives and rolling stock. For the first time, they have now included ‘TT:120’ products, now that the scope of products has increased dramatically this year.
Due to its popularity, they have retained the option to vote for your favourite model retailer, with two categories to help differentiate larger concerns from smaller, local businesses. Model Rail have also been squirrelling away an amazing array of goodies for our bumper prize draw, worth well over £3,500, with free entry for everyone who votes in Model Rail’s Model of the Year 2024 awards.
This is YOUR chance to recognise the hard work, dedication and innovation of those at the heart of our wonderful hobby… so cast your votes today!