(Updated
032808)
Please
read carefully!!!
Due
to table space management in the contest room, please be aware of the
following.
Persons
entering one or more models for the contest must submit interest to Wally
Wilson at ai2008contests@gmail.com on or
before Sunday, June 15th, 2008. Please notify of the number of models you plan to enter and if
possible what scale and category. Even
if you have not completed a model, but plan to before AI2008, please notify and
consider this as an entry. There is no
limit to the number of models an individual wishes to enter. Models may possibly be entered upon arrival at
AI2008; however, the decision will be at the discretion of contest Staff based on
table space availability.
General
The Airliners International 2008 (AI2008) contests are open to all regardless of race, age, nationality, gender, religion or sexual orientation. Contestants are responsible for getting their works to and from the contest site. The AI Committee shall provide for security of the contest site, however, the AI 2008 Committee and its staff are not responsible for any damage, theft or loss of entries or their shipping containers.
No entry shall be removed from the Contest Hall without proper verification by the Contest Staff and approval of the entrant.
No children under the age of 12 are permitted in the Contest Hall without direct adult supervision. Handling of any entry is not allowed except by the entrant or the Contest Staff.
The deadline to present entries into the model Contest Hall is 11:30 AM, Saturday, July 12th.
All judging will take place at 12:00 Noon on Saturday, July 12th for the model and photo contest.
Awards shall be mentioned at the banquet on Saturday evening, July 12th. Winners shall have their award(s) mailed to them after AI2008.
Registered attendees of AI2008 may enter an unlimited number
of models. A $20 entry fee applies to those not
registered at AI2008.
The craft of scale model building is a hobby of individual achievement and significant artistic content. Modelers take great pleasure in displaying their work to fellow enthusiasts. The AI model contest is designed to provide a place for modelers to display their models and to include a measure of competition for feedback and acknowledgement of their skills. When properly conducted, the contest is a good way to improve a modeler’s skill. To this end, the following rules apply:
1. Eligibility: (See General and Entry Fees above)
2. All works must be the sole work of the person whose name appears on the entry form as the “Modeler”.
3. The Head Judge shall exclude or remove from competition or display any entry considered by the Contest officials to be inappropriate or offensive to generally acknowledged standards of decency and acceptability.
4. An aircraft that has won an award in a previous AI model contest is ineligible unless it has become part of a diorama that includes at least one other aircraft or a substantial structure (such as a hangar or terminal building) and the diorama has never won an award in a previous AI model contest. Likewise, an aircraft that won an award as part of a diorama in a previous AI model contest may enter individually.
5. Any material may be utilized for construction. This includes but is not limited to polystyrene, epoxy, rubber, wood, paper and metal.
6. Entries are restricted to models of aircraft employed in airline operations. The term aircraft refers to any flying machine. An airline operation refers to a company whose primary source of revenue is derived from the air transportation of goods or passengers. Aircraft include those operated by the airline for transportation, research, route survey, aerial spraying, fire fighting or training. Aircraft in military or general aviation operations are not allowed. Aircraft that are not of airliner transport type or of obvious airline operations must display notable and conspicuous airline company markings. Examples of eligible aircraft: A) A civil cargo DC-8 without markings based on its airliner transport type in obvious airline operations, B) A Beechcraft 18 in SMB Stage Coach markings based on its notable airline markings. C) The Hindenberg airship based upon its obvious airline operation. D) An American Airlines Stinson Reliant based upon its notable markings and airline route survey operations. E) A Delta Air Lines C-130. Examples of ineligible aircraft include: A) A civil DC-8 operated by ARAMCO for corporate transportation based upon its non-airline status. B) A Lear Jet used by an airline for training or executive transportation and displaying only a small company logo based upon its lack of notable markings. C) The Goodyear blimp based on its non-airline status. D) A military C-130.
7. The Head Judge will decide any question concerning model eligibility or category placement.
8. WAHS takes the proposition that every modeler’s work is a creative work of art. Because the contest seeks to rate these works of art, the results are strictly subjective. However, judges will strive to evaluate each model in five key areas: A) Craftsmanship, B) Authenticity, C) Finish, D) Detail, and E) Realism.
9. Bases or stands are allowed only to the extent necessary to display the model in its proper stance and shall not be considered in the judging process. The term Base or Stand does not apply to the diorama category. Judges may handle models to the degree necessary for evaluation and thus, the model must not be secured to a base. If a contestant does not wish to have their model handled by the judges it must be stated on the entry form and the entry is then subject to a limited evaluation. The base or stand must not be the predominant feature of the entry and must be of a size proportionate to the model. The Head Judge may exclude any oversize base. A base may include one figure and/or one piece of ground equipment. Additional figures, equipment or any structure such as a dock, fence, or building constitutes a diorama.
10. Scratch-built category entries may incorporate parts from other kits, but these parts should be unrelated to their original identity, except for minor items such as wheels, propellers, spinners, etc.
11. Conversion category entries must contain significant structural changes to a kit to produce a different version of the basic aircraft. Significant changes include any change in fuselage length, wingspan or nacelle area that requires splicing in or cutting out a section(s). A minor change in dimensions achieved by changes to nose, tail cone, wing tips or tail height is a not a conversion. Any change in dimensions that is meant to correct a kit’s error and not to produce a different version of the aircraft is not a conversion. Examples: Reducing the fuselage of the Heller DC-6B kit to produce a DC-6 is a conversion. Splicing in a section of fuselage on the Revell DC-7C kit to correct the kit’s fuselage length error is not a conversion. Splicing in a section of each nacelle area of the Revell L.1049G kit to correct the kit’s error is not a conversion. However, splicing in the nacelle areas of the Revell L.1049G kit and modifying the window pattern and nose cone to produce an L.1049 (sometimes referred to as an L.1049A) is a conversion. Re-engining the Revell DC-8-10 with fan engines to produce a DC-8-50 is not a conversion.
12. A diorama is a combination of model(s) and a believable setting. Diorama category entries shall be judged for technical merit in all areas of construction. The model components of a diorama will be judged to the same criteria of craftsmanship, authenticity, finish, detail and realism that individual categories are subject to. In addition, the diorama shall be judged for how well the presentation combines individual elements to form a realistic and/or plausible setting for the primary model(s). A diorama should also attempt to tell a story, set a mood or create an atmosphere that sets it apart from a model that merely rests on a base. Models in a diorama may be secured to the base.
13. A display shall be judged as a diorama but does not have to meet the requirements of a believable setting. A display is normally a collection of related aircraft and should have a particular theme. Examples: A collection of all the variants of Lockheed Constellations operated by TWA, or a collection of all the Douglas airliners, DC-1 through DC-10.
14. Flights of Fancy category entries may be either factual aircraft with liveries of airlines that never operated that type or hypothetical aircraft in either fact-based or purely imaginative liveries. These entries shall be judged for craftsmanship, finish and detail as well as imaginative qualities. The criteria of authenticity and realism do not apply.
15. No “sweeps” of awards will be allowed (i.e. no person shall win 1st, 2nd, 3rd awards in a category). It is possible for a person to win two awards in a category or other awards in other categories.
16. Entering in this contest constitutes permission to publish a photograph of any entry in the WAHS journal publication known as the Captain’s Log.
17. Space may be available for modelers who wish to display their works in non-competition. However, priority shall be given to contestants and the Head Judge may remove any non-competition displays.
18. Prior notification should be given to the Contest Chairperson for any entry exceeding three feet in diameter.
19. All competition entries shall be accompanied with an entry form. Any additional information that cannot be filled in on the entry form must be stapled to the back of the entry form and be no larger than the entry form. There shall be no other sources of information, methods or devices to bring undue attention to the entry.
20. Models in competition or display may not be accompanied by any offer of sale or service. Those who seek to sell their works or their services must do so elsewhere and are encouraged to rent a vendor’s table.
21. There shall be no badgering of any judge. Any concerns must be addressed to the Head Judge. Contestants who desire a critique of their work may approach the Head Judge.
22. The
Contest Chairperson or Head Judge may waive any rule if circumstances warrant.
Judges shall use the following criteria to evaluate each entry.
A. CRAFTSMANSHIP: Basic building qualities. Seams filled (wing root, leading edges, fuselage halves, pylons, engine cowlings/intakes, etc.)? Are wing trailing edges thin? No fingerprints, glue marks or sanding marks. Dihedral and stance correct?
B. AUTHENTICITY (Not applicable to Flights of Fancy): Correct version of aircraft? Are the markings correct? Are the props and engines correct? Have kit errors been corrected (shape of nose, cowlings, etc., size of tires, windows, props, etc.)? In other words, is everything as it should be?
C. FINISH: Quality of paint job (no runs, orange peel, fingerprints, etc.). Quality of metal areas (foiling, metalizing, etc.). Decal placement. Hand lettering. Overall sheen. Note on weathering: Judges shall not penalize a model for its weathering effects or lack of. Aircraft may be finished as a clean brand new look or a weathered, in-use example.
D. ATTENTION TO DETAIL: Antennas, lights, doors, wheel wells, vents & scoops, wheels & tires, control surfaces, pitot tubes, drains, probes, fan blades, exhaust stacks, engine accessories, cowl flaps, interior of cockpit and cabin, windows (clear), etc. Size of the model dictates how much detail should be reasonably added. Generally, the bigger the model, the more detail. Small models will not be penalized. In other words, has the builder paid a proper amount of attention to detailing as can be reasonably expected?
E. REALISM (Not applicable to Flights of Fancy): This is sort of a combination of all of the above. Simply put, does the model or diorama look like a miniature version of the real thing?
F. IMAGINATION (Applies only to the Flights of Fancy category): Imaginative qualities of the subject.
G. THEME (Applies only to Diorama / Display category): A diorama should have
a believable setting that
attempts to tell a story, set a mood or create an atmosphere that sets it apart
from a model that merely rests on a base.
A display should have a theme that is unified and complete.
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Large
Prop and Jet 1/99 and larger 1st Place only
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Small
Prop 1/100 and smaller 1st, 2nd, 3rd
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Medium
Jet 1/126 to 1/149 1st, 2nd, 3rd
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Small
Jet 1/150 and smaller 1st, 2nd, 3rd
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Diorama/Collection 1st Place only
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Major
conversion, Vacuform / Scratch-built 1st
Place only
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Flights
of Fancy 1st,
2nd, 3rd Places
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Most
Popular
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Judges
Best of Show
Most Popular is determined by write-in ballets from visitors
to the model showroom. The Judges
Best-of-Show is determined by the judges.
Please email
Walter Wilson at ai2008contests@gmail.com if you have any
questions.