Thank you to all who have helped to cover the costs of running the model contest by purchasing a trophy package and a special thank you to all who are sponsoring a special category award.
| Category/Award | Sponsor |
|---|---|
| Best of | |
| Best of Show | IPMS/USA |
| People's Choice | IPMS/USA |
| Best Aircraft | Timothy Ward |
| Best Armor Military Vehicle | AMPS Ft Wayne |
| Best Diorama | John Bercaw |
| Best Figure | Baton Rouge Scale Modelers |
| Best Gunpla | IPMS Tidewater |
| Best Junior | IPMS West Michigan |
| Best Miscellaneous | Centennial IPMS |
| Best SciFi | Round 2 |
| Best Ship | IPMS Oklahoma Historical Modelers Society |
| Best Automotive | Jim Drew |
| Special Categories | |
| Happy Birthday America | IPMS Cincinnati Scale Modelers |
| 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Jutland | Bathtub Admirals |
| 60th Anniversary of Star Trek | Round 2 |
| Trucktown USA International Harvestor | IPMS Fort Wayne |
| Back to the Beginning RX-78 | Chnghuei Yang |
| All-American Red, White, & Blue | Adam-David Stephenson |
| Best of Round 2 kit | Round 2 |
| Best US Navy Carrier, Auxilary, or Amphib | Nora and John Figueroa |
| Best USMC Subject | John Fluck |
| Best Indy Car | IPMS Roscoe Turner |
| Best Use of IPMS/USA Convention Decals | IPMS/USA |
| Best Aircraft in a US Bicentennial Livery | Sprue Brothers Models, LLC |
| Junior | |
| Aircraft | |
| 10 Pre-teen | Cincinnati Scale Modelers |
| 11 Teen | In Memory of Mike Fosgett |
| Military Vehicles | |
| 20 Pre-teen | In Memory of Ron Thorne |
| 21 Teen | In Memory of Mike Fosgett |
| Figures | |
| 30 Pre-teen | William Aicklen |
| 31 Teen | Centennial IPMS |
| Ships | |
| 40 Pre-teen | IPMS Salem Oregon |
| 41 Teen | In Memory of Scott Harris |
| Automotive | |
| 50 Pre-teen | Red River Modelers |
| 51 Teen | In Memory of Mike Fosgett |
| Real Space and Science Fiction | |
| 60 Pre-teen | Suanne Merrill |
| 61 Teen | IPMS Las Vegas |
| Gunpla | |
| 70 Pre-teen | In Honor of Connor and Luke Riley - Young Model Builders |
| 71 Teen | In Memory of Mike Fosgett |
| Dioramas | |
| 80 Pre-teen | IPMS Atlanta |
| 81 Teen | In Memory of Ron Thorne |
| Miscellaneous | |
| 90 Pre-teen | In Memory of Ron Thorne |
| 91 Teen | In Memory of Stu Crum |
| Junior Split | Marek Rogal |
| Aircraft 101-140are for military aircraft only 170-189 include any type of aricraft, military or othwise - Aircraft (53 categories and named splits, plus 3 anticipated additional splits) | |
| Biplanes (and others that are predominantly fabric, struts, and rigging) | |
| 101 Small, 1/72 Scale and smaller | In Memory of Byron Wyss |
| 102 Large, 1/48 | Granite State Modelers |
| 103 Large, 1/32 | IPMS North Central Texas |
| Small Prop, Single Engine Aircraft, including Small Gliders | |
| 104 1/72 US/Allied Inline, Planned Split 1 | In Memory of Tom Ivie |
| 105 1/72 US/Allied Inline, Planned Split 2 | Richard Aocosta |
| 106 1/72 US/Allied Radial | The Septemberists |
| 107 1/72 Axis Inline | IPMS Three Rivers Pittsburgh |
| 108 1/72 Axis Radial | IPMS Pelikan Model Club |
| 110 1/72 Out-of-Box, Instructions Required | Alan Milsap |
| 111 1/48 US/Allied Inline | IPMS Memphis |
| 112 1/48 US/Allied Radial | Ralph Nollan |
| 113 1/48 Axis Inline | AIRCORPS LIABRARY |
| 114 1/48 Axis Radial | Eric Engstrom |
| 116 1/48 Out-of-Box, Instructions Required | IPMS Tidewater in memory of "Hank Pugh |
| Medium Prop, Two-Engine Aircraft, including Medium Sized Gliders | |
| 117 1/72 | Mark Schynert |
| 118 1/48 | IPMS Ft Crook |
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| 119 1/72 | AIRCORPS LIABRARY |
| 120 1/48 | AIRCORPS LIABRRY |
| Medium or Large Prop, Multi Engine Aircraft, Out of Box, Instructions Required | |
| 121 1/72 | Richard Bong R5C1 |
| 122 1/48 | Scott Brown |
| Small Jet | |
| 123 1/72 | Jack Wyzlic Polish Coast Watchers |
| 124 1/72, Out-of-Box, Instructions Required | Skyhawk Association |
| 125 1/48 | IPMS Will Cook Chapter |
| 126 1/48, Out-of-Box, Instructions Required | Robert Raver |
| Large Jet | |
| 127 1/72 | IPMS Niagara Frontier |
| 128 1/72, Out-of-Box, Instructions Required | IPMS NENY |
| 129 1/48 | Scott Hackney |
| 130 1/48, Out-of-Box, Instructions Required | Scott Brown |
| 131 1/32 Prop-Driven | In Memory of Charles Metz |
| 132 1/32 Jet-Powered | In Honor of the Late Ed Kinney |
| 133 1/32 Prop-Driven or Jet Powered, Out-of-Box, Instructions Required | In Memory of Bill Hardy |
| 134 1/144 Small (not exceeding 4.25 in length or wingspan | Cold War Aircraft. SIG |
| 135 1/44 Large (exceeding 4.25 in length or wingspan) | Twin City Aero Historians |
| 136 1/144 Out-of-Box, Instructions Required | Northern Virginia Modelers |
| Rotary Wing | |
| 137 1/144 and 1/72 | Huntsville Plastic Modelers |
| 138 1/48 and 1/32 | Twin City Aero Historians |
| 139 Out-of-Box, Instructions Required | Northern Virginia Modelers |
| Civil, Sport, Racing, Gliders, and Air Taxis | |
| 140 1/144 and 1/72 | IPMS Western Reserve |
| 141 1/48 and 1/32 | Roscoe Turner Chapter |
| 142 Out-of-Box, Instructions Required | AIRCORPS LIABRARY |
| Airliners, Airliner Types, and Airships | |
| 150 1/144 | In Memory of Dan Levy |
| 151 1/72, 1/48, and 1/32 | IPMS Marietta |
| 152 Out-of-Box, Instructions Required | Northern Virginia Modelers |
| Other Aircraft Types | |
| Unmanned Aerial Vehicles | |
| 160 All entries | The Alamo Squadron |
| Elevated Displays (non-diorama displays - Aircraft on a Pole (See Specific Class Rule I-F) | |
| 170 1/144 and 1/72 Scale | Jerome Lawson |
| 171 1/48 and 1/32 and larger Scales | AIRCORPS LIABRARY |
| Vacuum-formed | |
| 180 All entries | In Memory of Bill Koster |
| Conversions | |
| 185 All entries | IPMS/Delaware Valley Scale Modele |
| Scratch-Built | |
| 189 All entries | Mick Walker |
| Vintage Aircraft kit, orginally molded before December 31, 1980 | |
| 190 1/144 Scale and smaller | Collin Tatsuko |
| 191 1/72 Scale | Alec Krikava |
| 192 1/48 Scale | In Memory of James Pensinger |
| 193 1/32 Scale and larger | Alec Krikava |
| Aircraft Split 1 | IPMS San Diego |
| Aircraft Split 2 | |
| Aircraft Split 3 | |
| II. Military Vehicles (32 categories and named splits, plus 6 anticipated additional splits) | |
| 1/35 Military Vehicles (including tanks, assault guns, and self -propelled guns) | |
| 200 Closed-top AFVs, through Korea, Axis Light and Medium | Michael Mummey, MSgt USMC Ret. IPMS #39837 |
| 201 Closed-top AFVs, through Korea, Axis Heavy, Panthers and Tigers | IPMS ZIA Scale Modelers |
| 202 Closed top AFVs, through Korea, Allied, U.S. | Duneland Model Club |
| 203 Closed-top AFVs, through Korea, Other than U.S. | IPMS. Livonia |
| 204 Closed-top AFVs, post-Korea, NATO | IPMS. Livonia |
| 205 Closed-top AFVs, post-Korea, Warsaw-Pact and Russian | Liang Model USA |
| 206 Closed-top AFVs, post-Korea, U.S. | Military Modelers Club of Louisville |
| 207 Open-top AFVs or AFVs with Interiors, Axis | Military Modelers Club of Louisville |
| 208 Open-top AFVs or AFVs with Interiors, Allied | IPMS Pelikan Model Club |
| 209 Open-top AFVs or AFVs with Interiors, Other | IPMS Niagara Frontier |
| 210 Armored Cars, Post WW II (refers to after 1945) | Ad Astra Modelers |
| 211 Armored Cars, WWII and Earlier (refers to 1945 and earlier) | In Memory of Jerry Ben IIPMS Chicago Sprue Stretchers |
| 212 Armored Halftracks | High Plains Modelers |
| 213 Closed-Top Self-Propelled Artillery, All Types and Markings | John Gallagher |
| 214 Soft Skinned Military Vehicles, All Types and Markings | Northern Virginia Modelers |
| 1/48 Military Vehicles | |
| 215 Tracked, 1/48 Scale U.S. | Military Modelers Club of Louisville |
| 216 Tracked. 1/48 Scale Other than U.S. | John Fluck |
| 217 Wheeled | IPMS Gator Modelers |
| 1/72 Military Vehicles | |
| 218 Tracked, through Korea, Allied | Baltimore R2C2 |
| 219 Fully Tracked, through Korea, Axis | IPMS Hampton Roads |
| 220 Fully Tracked, post Korea | Dr Mike McFadden |
| 221 Armored Cars and Armored Halftracks | Thomas Moon |
| 222 Soft-skinned Military Vehicles. | Oregon Mid-Valley Modelers |
| Artillery Pieces (including missiles and railroad guns, but excluding limbers and prime movers) | |
| 223 Artillery Pieces Through W.W.II (refers to 1945 and earlier), All Scales | The Model Couple - 6th Anniversary |
| 224 Artillery Pieces Post W.W. II (refuses to after 1945), All Scales | IPMS Livonia |
| Conversions and Scratch-Built All entries | |
| 225 All Entries | In Memory of Dr. Frank Mitchell |
| Kit-Bash ConversionsAll entries | |
| 230 All Entries | Michael Wheaton |
| Multi- or Towed Vehicles (non-diorama display) | |
| 240 Multi-or Towed Vehicles All entries | General Robet L. Scott Chapter |
| Large Scale (1/34 or larger) | |
| 250 Large Scale Military Vehicles, All Entries | Jeffery Schmitz |
| Out of Box, Milirary Vehicle Kit, instructions required | |
| 260 1/35 Scale, all types | IPMS Des Moines Hawkeye Modelers |
| 261 1/48 Scale, all types | IPMS Denver Rob Wolf Chapter |
| 262 1/72 Scale, all types | Rick Taylor |
| Military Vehicles 1 | |
| Military Vehicles 2 | |
| Military Vehicles 3 | |
| Military Vehicles 4 | |
| Military Vehicles 5 | |
| Military Vehicles 6 | |
| III Figures | |
| III. Figures (18 categories and named splits, plus 1 anticipated additional split) | |
| Historical, Dismounted and Mounted | |
| 300 53mm and smaller | Eastern Carolina Plastic Modelers |
| Historical, Dismounted | |
| 305 54mm to 70mm | IPMS Middle Tennessee Modelers |
| Historical, Dismounted | |
| 310 71mm and larger | Military Modelers Club of Louisville |
| Historical, Mounted or With Mount | |
| 315 54mm and larger | n Memory of Cliff Kranz |
| Major Conversions and Scratch- Built | |
| 320 All entries | James Huebener |
| Fantasy and Science Fiction | |
| 325 53mm and Smaller, Human | John and Nora Figueroa. In memory of Dale Mason. |
| 326 53mm and Smaller, Non-Human | John and Nora Figueroa. In memory of Ron Thorne |
| 327 54mm to 120mm, Human | The Deep State |
| 328 54mm to 120mm, Non-Human. | Judy Palombi |
| 329 121mm and larger, Fantasy & Science Fiction | IPMS Las Vegas Chapter |
| Busts | |
| 330 Historical, Pre-1900, USA | IPMS North Central Texas |
| 331 Historical, Pre-1900, International | Fuzhou Hu |
| 332 Historical, 1900 to Present, USA | IPMS Roanoke Valley |
| 333 Historical, 1900 to Present, International | MIRANDCO c/o Mick Burton |
| 334 Fantasy and Science Fiction, Human | IPMS Plastic Surgeons |
| 335 Fantasy and Science Fiction, Non-Human | IPMS Three Rivers Pittsburgh |
| War Games | |
| 340 War game Figure | Keith Koene |
| 341 War Game Set (5 or more) | David Dosier |
| Figures Split | |
| IV Ships | |
| IV. Ships (16 categories and named splits, plus 2 anticipated additional splits) | |
| Aircraft Carriers | |
| 400 1/700 | Joe Turpen |
| 401 1/350 | Thomas Jett |
| Battleships, Battlecruisers, and Cruisers | |
| 421 1/700 | In Memory of Scott Harris |
| 422 1/350 | Roscoe Turner Chapter |
| Other Surface Ships, smaller than cruiser-sized | |
| 431 1/700 | IPMS New Jersey |
| 432 1/350 | Richard Schulenberg |
| Sailing | |
| Sail-powered ships and boats | |
| 441 Sailing Ships, Plastic | Michael Blacwood |
| 442 Sailing Ships, Wood | Nautical Research Group |
| Early Steam and Sail | |
| 445 All entries | Hampton Roads Ship Model Society |
| Submarines | |
| 451 1/700 | Bruce Mackenzie |
| 452 1/350 Scale, Submarines, pre-1946 | IPMS First Coast Jacksonville |
| 453 1/350 Scale, Submarines, 1946 and after | IPMS Aces Wild |
| 454 1/72 scale and larger | Military Modelers Club Of Louisville |
| 460 Boats, Speedboats, Motor Torpedo Boats, Motor Patrol Boats | James Kelley |
| 470 Naval Technology All entries | IPMS Las Vegas Chapter |
| 480 Conversions and Scratch-Built All entries | Luke Bucci |
| 490 OOB Ship kits All entries | IPMS Des Moines - Hawkeye Modelers |
| Ships 1 | |
| Ships 2 | |
| Automotive | |
| Factory Production | |
| 500 1/32 | In Memory of Scott Ridley |
| 501 1/24, 1959 and older body | IPMS Roanoke Valley |
| 502 1/24, 1960 and newer body, U.S. Manufacturer | Andrew Brezinski |
| 503 1/24, 1960 and newer body, Foreign Manufacturer | Mark Twain Model Club |
| Hot Rods, Street Rods, and Street Machines | |
| 510 Hot Rods and Street Rods - 1948 and older | High Plains Modelers |
| 511 Street Machine - 1949 and newer | Kowboy Kustoms |
| Customs | |
| 512 All entries | In Memory of Larry Huff |
| Competition Vehicles | |
| 520 1/32 | Mind of the Married Modeler |
| 521 1/24, Drag Racing, Modified Street and Purpose Built | Dave Brown |
| 522 1/24, Open Wheel | Roscoe Turner Chapter |
| 523 1/24, Closed Wheel | BILL HALVORSON |
| Large Scale (except motorcycles) | |
| 530 1/16 | David Von Almen |
| Conversions and Scratch-Built | |
| 540 All entries | In Memoryof Keith Ward |
| Documented Replicas | |
| 545 All entries | Fuzhou Hu |
| Commercial Vehicles (including cargo as part of overall entry) | |
| 550 Light Commercial | Few Sprues Loose LLC |
| 551 Heavy Commercial, On-Highway Use | Michigan Truck Modelers |
| 552 Heavy Construction and Farm Equipment, Off-Highway | Fuzhou Hu |
| Motorcycles (civilian/racing only) | |
| 560 All entries | IPMS Race City |
| Curbside | |
| 570 All entries | Walt Fink |
| Automotive Technology and Culture | |
| 580 All entries | David Knight |
| Out of Box, Instructions required | |
| 590 Factory Production - Instructions required | In Memory of Donald Terbush by Dragon Lady Scale Modelers |
| 591 Hot Rods, Street Rods, Street Machines, Customs and Competition, Instructions required | Ronald Belll |
| 595 Vintage Automotive, all entries | Fast Track Hobbies |
| Automotive Split | In Memory of Carl Vandegrift |
| VI Space and Science Fiction Vehicles (Sci Fi) | |
| VI. Space and Science Fiction Vehicles (11 categories and named splits, plus 1 additional anticipated splits) | |
| 600 Real Spacecraft, Missiles, and Vehicles | Historical Space Models SIG |
| 601 Hypothetical Design but intended to be used as real spacecraft by NASA, etc. | Robert Schorry |
| Science Fiction and Fantasy Subjects ( See Specific Class Rule VI-A) | |
| 610 Star Trek, Space 1999, and other TV or Movie Series, from kits | Grex |
| 611 Star Wars, from kits based on three original episodes 4, 5, and 6 | IPMS Chicago Sprue Stretchers |
| 612 Star Wars, from kits based on all other episodes, series, etc. | Albuquerque Scale Modelers |
| 613 All Other Vehicles or Vessels, Space Faring, from books, sources other than TV or movies | IPMS Salem Oregon |
| 614 Other Vehicles or Vessels, Non-Space-faring: Terran, Water, Atmospheric Aircraft, etc. | IPMS Fremont Kitbashers |
| 615 Conversions and Scratch-built | The Eagle Has Landed Productions |
| Out of Box, Instructions required with each entry | |
| 620 All entries | Paul Harvath |
| 631 Vintage Real Space or Hypothetical Design, all entries | Huntsville Plastic Modelers |
| 632 Vintage Science Fiction, all entries | Mike Schine |
| Space & Science Vechicles Split | Atlantis Models |
| VII. Miscellaneous (13 categories plus 1 additional anticipated split) | |
| 700 Prehistoric Animals | Centennials IPMS |
| 710 Humor in Modeling | In Honor of Frank Less Ard and Robert Fenske |
| 715 Vehicle Caricatures Caricatures (Egg-Planes, Weird-ohs, Roth Monsters, etc.) | Kirk Ballash |
| 720 What if ...Kit-Based (spurious markings on standard kit) | IPMS USA What-IF SIG |
| 721 What if ...Kit-Bashed / Scratch-built | James Pernikoff |
| 730 Triathlon All entries | Tri State Scale Modelers |
| 740 Collections All entries | IPMS/Wright Field Scale Modelers |
| 750 IPMS Chapter/ Group Entry All entries | John Noack |
| 760 Miscellaneous (any subject not otherwise covered, except dioramas) | IPMS Patriiot. Scale Modelers |
| 765 Paper models, all types and entries | In memory of K.L. Surber |
| Out of the Box instructions required for each entry | |
| 770 What If (other than science-fiction) | Joseph Youngerman |
| 771 Triathlon (models from three different classes) | In Memory of David Morriss |
| 772 Miscellaneous (any subject not otherwise covered, except dioramas) | Kalamazoo Scale Modelers |
| Miscellaneous Splits | |
| VIII. Dioramas (15 categories and named splits plus 1 additional anticipated split) | |
| 810 Aircraft Vignette, 1/144 and 1/72 | IPMS Salt Lake City |
| 811 Aircraft Vignette, 1/48 and 1/32 | In memory of David Kimbrell |
| 812 Aircraft Diorama | Syracuse IPMS |
| 821 Military Vehicles 1/49 and smaller | Anoymous |
| 822 Military Vehicles 1/48 and Larger, Vignette, Tanks | IPMS Marietta |
| 823 Military Vehicles, 1/48 and Larger, Vignette, Other than Tanks | Greg VandeVisser |
| 824 Military Vehicles 1/48 and Larger, Diorama | IPMS George Preddy |
| 830 Figure Vignette, 54mm and smaller | In Memory of Dave Schemel |
| 831 Figure Vignetter, 55mm and larger | Erie Scale Modelers |
| 832 Figure Diorama | IPMS/Wright Field Scale Modelers |
| 840 Ships, Vignette | Richard Sliwka |
| 841 Ships, Diorama | IPMS Roanoke Valley |
| 850 Automotive, all entries | The Sibbitts in memory of Tampa Scale Modelers |
| 860 Space and Science Fiction Vehicles, All entries | Michael Mackpwski |
| 870 Miscellaneous, all entries | In memory of David Morriss |
| Dioramas Split | |
| IX. Gunpla and Mecha (8 categories plus 1 additional anticipated split) | |
| 901 Gunpla, Scale 1/144 Unpainted Entries | Plastic Model Republic |
| 902 Gunpla, Scale 1/144 Painted/Customized Entries | IPMS Austin Scale Modelers |
| 903 Gunpla, Scale 1/100, Unpainted Entries | IPMS North Central Texas |
| 904 Gunpla, Scale 1/100, Painted/Customized Entries | IPMS Ft Crook |
| 905 Gunpla, Larger than 1/100 Scale, All Entries | IPSM Niagara Frontier |
| 906 Maschinen Krieger, Mecha Only (Non-Mecha will be entered in appropriate Sci-Fi Category | The Flying Tigers Scale Model Builders |
| 907 Mecha Non-Gundam, less than 8 inches tall, All Entries | KEVIN KILKENNY |
| 908 Mecha Non-Gundam, 8 inches or taller, All Entries | IPMS Patriot Scale Modelers |
| Gunpla & Mecha Split | |