main.cpp

#include <QGuiApplication>
#include <QQmlApplicationEngine>
#include <qqmlcontext.h>
#include <qqml.h>
#include <QtQuick/qquickitem.h>
#include <QtQuick/qquickview.h>
#include "mymodel.h"

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    QGuiApplication app(argc, argv);
    QQmlApplicationEngine engine;

    qmlRegisterType<BoxModel>("com.example.qml", 1, 0, "BoxModel");
    qmlRegisterType<ModelFactory>("com.example.qml", 1, 0, "ModelFactory");

    engine.load(QUrl(QStringLiteral("qrc:/main.qml")));
    return app.exec();
}

main.qml

import QtQuick 2.5
import QtQuick.Controls 1.4
import QtQuick.Controls.Styles 1.4
import QtQuick.Layouts 1.2

import com.example.qml 1.0

ApplicationWindow
{
    visible: true
    width: 640
    height: 480

    // builder of dynamic models
    ModelFactory { id: maker }
    
    Column
    {
        anchors.fill: parent
        Repeater
        {
            // create dynamic model
            model: maker.makeModel();
            delegate: Label
            {
                id: label
                text: model.name

                MouseArea
                {
                    anchors.fill: parent
                    onClicked:
                    {
                        // works once until gc()
                        console.log("clicked on " + model.name)

                        // wont work anymore. model is destroyed
                        gc();
                    }
                }
            }
            
        }
    }
}

    

mymodel.h

#include <QAbstractListModel>
#include <QQmlApplicationEngine>
#include <QObject>
#include <QString>
#include <QDebug>

class BoxModel : public QAbstractListModel
{
    Q_OBJECT

public:

    ~BoxModel()
    {
        // see that it does get destroyed
        qDebug() << "~BoxModel()";
    }

    int rowCount(const QModelIndex& parent = QModelIndex()) const override
    {
        return 5;
    }  

    QVariant data(const QModelIndex &index, int role) const override
    {
        int ix = index.row();
        if (ix < 1) return "Larry";
        if (ix < 2) return "Barry";
        if (ix < 3) return "Gary";
        if (ix < 4) return "Harry";
        return "Sally";
    }

    QHash<int, QByteArray> roleNames() const override
    {
        QHash<int, QByteArray> roles;
        roles[Qt::UserRole+1] = "name";
        return roles;
    }

};

class ModelFactory: public QObject
{
    Q_OBJECT

public:

    Q_INVOKABLE BoxModel* makeModel()
    {
        return new BoxModel();
    }    
};

Q1.pro

TEMPLATE = app

QT += qml quick
CONFIG += console

SOURCES += main.cpp

RESOURCES += qml.qrc

HEADERS += mymodel.h

qml.qrc

<RCC>
    <qresource prefix="/">
        <file>main.qml</file>
    </qresource>
</RCC>