Contest Classes & Award Sponsors – 2018

SPECIAL AWARDS - BEST IN SHOWSponsor
SP1Best in Show - People's ChoiceIPMS Toronto
SP2Brant Conron Special Award:
Best In Show - Judges' Choice		GIO Railways
SP3Eric Green Memorial Award:
Best RAF Subject
SP4Best Weathered ModelRaptor Hobbies / AMMO by MIG Jimenez
BEST IN CLASS AWARDSSponsor
BE1Best Aircraft/AerospaceIPMS Edmonton
BE2Best Military VehicleAMPS - Southwestern Ontario
BE3Best ShipStrathCraft Awards
BE4Best Space or Science Fiction SubjectNEO Tokyo
BE5Best Automotive SubjectToys 4 Everyone
BE6Best FigureRaymond Bros.
BE7Best Junior/Youth ModelForest City Hobbies
2018 THEME AWARDS - HAULIN'Sponsor
TH1Best Multi-Engine Transport Aircraft
TH2Best WWII-era Wheeled Military Vehicle
(no tracks or half-tracks)
TH3Best Military Tender or Civilian Cargo ShipIPMS Ottawa
TH4Best Space or Science Fiction Transport
TH5Best Factory Stock Station Wagon or Pickup Truck
TH6Best Medic or Emergency Responder FigureIPMS Ottawa
GENERAL CATEGORIES
Cat.Aircraft / Aerospace classes:Sponsor
A11/72 Single Engine Propeller-driven
A21/72 Multi Engine Propeller-driven
A31/72 Jet Aircraft
A41/48 Single Engine Propeller-driven - Axis World War II
A51/48 Single Engine Propeller-driven - Allied World War IIIPMS Hamilton
A61/48 Single Engine Propeller-driven - Other - All Eras
A71/48 Multi-Engine Propeller-drivenDoug Booth
A81/48 Jet AircraftVictoria Scale Modellers
A91/32 & Larger Aircraft - All Types and Eras
A101/100 & Smaller Aircraft - All Types and Eras
A111/48 & Larger Biplanes & Rigged Types - All Types and Eras
A121/72 & Smaller Biplanes & Rigged Types - All Types and Eras
A13Helicopters & Rotary-winged Aircraft - All Types and Eras
A14Civil Fixed-wing Aircraft - All Types and Eras
A15Experimental & Research Aircraft - All Types and Eras
A16All Non-fiction Spacecraft and Vehicles - All Types and Eras
A17Scratchbuilt & Major Conversions - All Types and Eras
A18Out of the Box - All Types and Eras - Instruction Sheet Must Accompany Models
Cat.Military Vehicle classes:Sponsor
B11/35 & Larger Closed Top, Fully Tracked Vehicles Operational Up to and including 1945 - Axis World War IIPeel Scale Modellers
B21/35 & Larger Closed top, Fully Tracked Vehicles Operational Up to and including 1945 - Allied World War II
B31/35 & Larger Closed top, Fully Tracked Vehicles Operational Up to and including 1945 - Other
B41/35 & Larger Closed Top, Fully Tracked Vehicles Operational After 1945
B51/35 & Larger Open Top, Fully Tracked Vehicles
B61/35 & Larger Armoured Cars, Half-tracks, Softskins & Support Vehicles
B71/48 Fully tracked AFVs - All Types and Eras
B81/48 Armoured Cars, Half-tracks, Softskins & Support Vehicles
B91/72 & Smaller Fully Tracked AFVs - Operational Up to and Including 1945
B101/72 & Smaller Fully Tracked AFVs - Operational After 1945Hugh Gilliland
B111/72 & Smaller Armoured Cars, Half-tracks, Softskins & Support VehiclesIPMS Sir Isaac Brock
B12Non-Self Propelled Ordnance - All Types, Eras and Scales
B13Scratchbuilt & Major Conversions - All Types, Eras and Scales
B14Out of the Box - All Types, Eras and Scales - Instruction Sheet Must Accompany Models
Cat.Ship classes:Sponsor
C11/400 and larger Warships - All Eras
C21/500 and Smaller Warships - All Eras
C3Submarines -All Types, Eras and Scales
C4Civil Vessels - All Types, Eras and Scales
C5Sailing/Non-powered Vessels - All Types, Eras and Scales
C6Out of the Box - All Types, Eras and Scales - Instruction Sheet Must Accompany Models
Cat.Space and Science Fiction classes:Sponsor
D1All Science Fiction Vehicles (Spaceships, Fightercraft, Ground Vehicles, etc.)
- All Scales including Scratchbuilds and Major Conversions
- DOES NOT include mecha and gaming vehicles
D2Mecha including legged systems (Mobile Suits, Powered Armours, etc.)
- 1/144 and Smaller including Scratchbuilds and Major Conversions
- DOES NOT include gaming mecha		Model Builders Supply
D3Mecha including legged systems (Mobile Suits, Powered Armours, etc.)
- 1/100 and Larger including Scratchbuilds and Major Conversions
- DOES NOT include gaming mecha
D4Gaming Mecha/Vehicles including any mech or vehicle from tabletop gaming systems
- All Scales including Scratchbuilds and Major Conversions
Cat.Automotive classes:Sponsor
E1Factory Stock Cars - All Scales, Pre-1970
E2Factory Stock Cars - All Scales, 1970-present
E3Closed Wheel Competition Vehicles - All Scales
E4Open Wheel Competition Vehicles - All Scales
E5Straightline Competition Vehicles - All Scales
E6Curbside Models - All Scales
E7Street Rods - Up to and including 1949 - All ScalesJeff Hodgins in honour of Jacob Wilson
E8Custom - 1950 to present day - All Scales
E9Domestic and Import Tuners - Street Legal - All Scales
E10Pickups, Vans, SUVs & 4X4s - All Scales
E11Emergency Vehicles - All Scales
E12Commercial Vehicles - All Scales
E13Motorcycles - All Scales
E14Out of the Box Automobiles - All Types and Scales - Instruction Sheet Must Accompany Models
Cat.Figure & Animal classes:Sponsor
F154mm or Smaller Figures - All eras including Scratchbuilds and Major Conversions
F2Larger than 54mm Figures - All eras including Scratchbuilds and Major Conversions
F3Fantasy & Science Fiction Figures - All Scales including Scratchbuilds and Major Conversions
F4Gaming Figures including any figures from tabletop gaming systems - All Scales including Scratchbuilds and Major Conversions
Cat.Other Classes:Sponsor
G1Dioramas - All Scales, including Shadow Boxes
G2Catch 22 - Anything which DOES NOT FIT into ANY OTHER Category
G3Collections - At Least 5 Pieces with a Readily Discernible Common Theme - All Types, Eras and Scales
G4Hypothetical - All Types, Eras and Scales
Cat.Junior (Ages 13 - 17)Sponsor
J1Aircraft - All Types, Eras and Scales
J2Military Vehicles - All Types, Eras and Scales
J3Ships - All Types, Eras and Scales
J4Space & Science Fiction - All Types, Eras and Scales
J5Automotive - All Types, Eras and Scales
J6Figures & Animals - All Types, Eras and Scales
Cat.Youth (Ages 12 and under)Sponsor
Y1All Subjects -All Scales and All Types