Competition Information - 2025

Entry to the competition is £1 per model. It's FREE for the junior categories. Model registration will close at 12:00pm with judging commencing shortly after that. We look forward to seeing your kits on the day. Good luck to all who enter!

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Definitions

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SK, ASD, ASC Due to the inclusion of resin, etched metal, 3D printed parts etc in the box with many kits, we now consider the definition of Standard kit, Detailed Kit etc to be obsolete. Therefore, all kits are now simply judged on presentation, rather than those criteria previously used, and any seatbelts, aerial wire, resin/PE etc can be used, whether after-market or not.

Scratchbuilt (SCR) – a model that can be based on a commercial kit, but has been converted or changed by use of mainly scratchbuilt, self vacformed, self moulded resin or 3D self-designed and printed parts. At least 40% of the finished model must be scratchbuilt to qualify for this class. Commercial vacform, 3D printed or resin replacement parts are not considered as scratchbuilt, but treated as a standard build.

Vignette - up to 10 figures, on a Plain Base, with only basic groundwork.  More than 10 figures or more elaborate bases will be considered as a diorama.

Diorama - Any base that includes Vehicles and any number of Figures, usually telling a story. Bases may include buildings, walls, fences, trees etc. Bases must not exceed 1m x 1m unless previously agreed to by the Competition Secretaries.

Other - Models may be placed on a base, but the base will not be considered a part of the model for judging purposes. Any over-elaborate base, at the Competition Secretaries’ discretion, maybe moved into the appropriate diorama class.

Figures may only be placed inside an aircraft or vehicle and must consist of only crew members, or a single figure may be placed on the base to show scale. If multiple figures are placed on a vehicle, such as troops being carried, this puts the model in the diorama class, whether it has a base or not.

The exception to this is in the ships category (Class 15) where it is normally allowable to have multiple figures, aircraft or deck vehicles to be present, on the decks, without the model being classed as a diorama.

There is no category in the competition for “a Body of Work” as seen in other competitions, especially competitions where figures are the main category.

 

Competition  Classes

 

Aircraft

 

1      Up to 1/72

2      Up to 1/48

3      1/47 and larger

 

4      Civil Aircraft, all scales

5      Helicopters, all scales

 

Military Vehicles

 

Tracked

 

6      Up to 1/48

7      1/47 and Larger

 

Wheeled (including Half Tracks)

 

8      Up to 1/48

9      1/47 and Larger

 

Scratchbuilt

 

10    Any scale

 

Other Vehicles

 

11    Civil, all scales

12    Commercial, all scales

13    Motorcycles, all scales

14    Racing and Rally Vehicles, all scales

 

Ships

 

15    All scales

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Figures

 

16    Single Figures

17    Mounted Figures, all scales

18    Vignettes, all scales

19    Busts, all scales

20    Flat Figures, all scales

 

Science Fiction/Fantasy and Real Space

 

21    Figures, all scales

22    Vehicles, Space/Flying Craft, Mechanicals, etc. all scales

 

Dioramas

 

23    Aircraft

24    Military

25    Water Based

26    Miscellaneous

 

Junior

 

27    Any subject, any scale

 

Miscellaneous Classes

 

28    Toons, Egg, Non-Standard all scales

29    Not able to be placed in any of the previous listed classes

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