PennCon Contest Categories

Contest Categories

Military versus Non-Military subjects will be based on the paint scheme and markings of the model.

Questions as to the which category an entry belongs in will be handled by the Head Judge for a final decision.

1. Aircraft, Military
Based on paint scheme and/or markings
Jet and propeller driven
Rockets and missiles that are not spacecraft

2. Aircraft, Civilian

3. Vehicles, Civilian
Cars all types
Trucks
Motorcycles

4. Vehicles, Military
Tanks/Armored vehicles
Wheeled and tracked soft-skinned
Artillery self-propelled and towed

5. Ships/Watercraft, Military

6. Ships/Watercraft, Civilian

7. Figures
Single subjects, only the model will be judged

8. Dioramas
Model (plane, vehicle, ship, etc) with figure(s) on landscape base

9. Vignettes
Figure(s) on landscape base

10. Fantasy/Science Fiction Non-Figures
Spacecraft, vehicles, machinery etc.
Single subjects, only the model will be judged

11. Gundam
Any subject related to the Gundam genre

12. Unique Subjects
Any entries that do not apply to any other category. Railroad, scratch-built, etc.

13. Juniors (16 and under)
All subjects

Special Awards