REVEALED: THE 2021 AWARD WINNERS
More than 8,000 votes came through in the 2021 Hornby Magazine Model Railway Awards. We revealed the winners of each category during a special ceremony at the Great Electric Train Show on October 2.
Manufacturer of the Year
Winner: Accurascale
Second place: Hattons Model Railways
Third place: Hornby Hobbies
Best ‘OO’ gauge locomotive
Winner: KR Models English Electric gas turbine prototype GT3
Second place: Locomotion Models/Dapol SECR Wainwright ‘D’ 4-4-0
Third place: Bachmann Johnson ‘1P’ 0-4-4T
Best ‘O’ gauge locomotive
Winner: Heljan GWR AEC railcar
Second place: Heljan refurbished Class 31 diesel-electric
Third place: Heljan Class 17 Bo-Bo diesel electric
Best ‘N’ gauge locomotive
Winner: Kato Class 800 five-car bi-mode multiple unit
Second place: Graham Farish Stanier ‘8F’ 2-8-0
Third place: Revolution Trains Class 92 dual voltage electric
Best ‘OO’ gauge carriage or wagon
Winner: Accurascale KUA nuclear flask wagon
Second place: Hornby four and six-wheel carriages
Third place: Hornby ‘Coronation Scot’ carriages
Best ‘O’ gauge carriage or wagon
Winner: Hattons Gresley carriages
Second place: Lionheart Trains BR Mk 1 carriages
Third place: Dapol BR Conflat and container
Best ‘N’ gauge carriage or wagon
Winner: Revolution Trains KUA nuclear flask wagon
Second place: EFE Rail ‘Shark’ ballast plough
Third place: Revolution Trains Cemflo cement tank
Innovation of the Year
Winner: DCC Concepts stay alive packs
Second place: TRS Trains water based smoke generators
Third place: Hornby Maglight lighting system
Retailer of the Year
Winner: Hattons Model Railways
Second place: Rails of Sheffield
Third place: Kernow Model Rail Centre
Specialist Retailer of the Year
Winner: Scale Model Scenery
Second place: DCC Concepts
Third place: Train-Tech
Layout of the Year 2021
Winner: Nick Cason’s Dent in ‘OO’ gauge
Second place: John White’s Doncaster in ‘OO’ gauge
Third place: Mike Buick’s Oak Road in ‘OO’ gauge