21 February 2020
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A BRMA title is something that many of the manufacturers and retailers hope to pick up each year as recognition from the wider modelling community for their efforts.
All manufacturers who released any ready-to-run products between January 1 and December 31 2019 automatically had its products, and themselves, added to the voting list in the relevant categories for N, OO and O gauge locomotives and rolling stock. More specific categories, like the layout or exhibition of the year, had to put forward nominations before going to the reader vote.
Readers of BRM, RMweb, and World of Railways have been voting in their thousands across eighteen categories since the beginning of the year. The votes have been checked and verified and we can now reveal the winners. As usual, we’ve awarded Bronze, Silver and Gold in each category.
Categories and winners
N GAUGE MANUFACTURER OF THE YEAR
GOLD: Graham Farish
SILVER: Dapol
BRONZE: Realtrack
N GAUGE LOCOMOTIVE OF THE YEAR
GOLD: Graham Farish SECR ‘C’ 0-6-0
SILVER: Farish Western Pullman
BRONZE: Dapol N Class 50 Co-Co
N GAUGE ROLLING STOCK OF THE YEAR
GOLD: Osborn’s Models 45T Ransomes Rapier Crane
SILVER: Graham Farish Birdcage coach range
BRONZE: Realtrack PCA cement wagon
OO GAUGE/4MM SCALE STEAM LOCOMOTIVE OF THE YEAR
GOLD: Hornby Peckett ‘B2’ 0-6-0ST
SILVER: Hornby Stroudley ‘Terrier’ 0-6-0T
BRONZE: Hornby J36 0-6-0
OO GAUGE/4MM SCALE WAGONS OF THE YEAR
GOLD: Bachmann 45T Ransomes & Rapier Crane
SILVER: Hattons Rail Head Treatment Train
BRONZE: Oxford Rail Gladiator rail-mounted gun
OO GAUGE/4MM SCALE MANUFACTURER OF THE YEAR
GOLD: Hornby
SILVER: Bachmann Branchline
BRONZE: Accurascale / Irish Railway Models
OO GAUGE COACHING STOCK OF THE YEAR
GOLD: Hornby BR Mk 2F carriages
SILVER: Hornby 'bow-ended' 57' Collett range
BRONZE: Hornby 59' Bulleid coach range
OO GAUGE MODERN TRACTION OF THE YEAR
GOLD: Hornby Ruston & Hornsby 48DS 0-4-0
SILVER: Hattons Class 66
BRONZE: Kernow MRC D6xx ‘Warship’
O GAUGE LOCOMOTIVE OF THE YEAR
GOLD: Hattons Gresley A3 4-6-2
SILVER: Heljan Class 50
BRONZE: Heljan Class 37/4 Co-Co diesel
O GAUGE ROLLING STOCK OF THE YEAR
GOLD: Accurascale BR 24.5ton HUO hopper
SILVER: Darstaed BR Mk 1 Suburban coach range
BRONZE: Darstaed BR Mk 1 Main line coach range
O GAUGE MANUFACTURER OF THE YEAR
GOLD: Dapol
SILVER: Heljan
BRONZE: Hattons Model Railways
OVERALL MANUFACTURER OF THE YEAR
GOLD: Hornby
SILVER: Bachmann Branchline
BRONZE: Hattons Model Railways
CUSTOMER SERVICE AWARD
GOLD: Hattons Model Railways
SILVER: Rails of Sheffield
BRONZE: Scale Model Scenery
WEBSITE OF THE YEAR
GOLD: UK Model Shops
SILVER: Model Railway Engineer
BRONZE: LNER info - LNER Encyclopedia
LAYOUT OF THE YEAR
GOLD: Copenhagen Fields - The Model Railway Club
SILVER: Bournemouth West - Roger Sunderland
BRONZE: Arun Quay - Gordon Gravett
EXHIBITION OF THE YEAR
GOLD: Warley National Exhibition
SILVER: London Festival of Railway Modelling - Alexandra Palace
BRONZE: Model Rail Scotland
INNOVATION OF THE YEAR
GOLD: Bachmann Ransome & Rapier 45T crane
SILVER: Scale Model Scenery for constant product development
BRONZE: Rails of Sheffield 3D print van
RMWEB MODELLER OF THE YEAR
GOLD: Jamie Warne
SILVER: Simon George (HeatonLodge40)
BRONZE: Tim Watson (CF MRC)
Congratulations to all the worthy winners!
For the full stats, voting numbers for each category and to join in with the conversation – head to RMweb here.
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