| 1. | The contest is open to all registrants of Noreastcon 2008.
- IPMS membership is encouraged, but not required.
- Absentee entries will be accepted with a $10.00 Absentee Registration Fee.
- Handlers of absentee entries will be responsible for all entry paperwork, as well as retrieval of the entries and awards (if any).
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| 2. | Bantam/Junior Categories:
- Bantam categories include registrants aged 12 and under.
- Junior categories include registrants aged 17 years and under.
- Each Bantam/Junior entry must be entered under the modeler's own name.
- The Bantam/Junior entrants must have performed the majority of work on the entry.
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| 3. | IPMS/USA, the host chapter, and the host hotel assume no liability for loss or damage suffered by entries. Handling considerations should be noted on entry forms. As required in the judging process, judges will be permitted to handle the entries. |
| 4. | Entries should not be removed from the display area until after the awards banquet. The sponsoring chapter assumes no responsibility for contacting award winners whose entries are removed prior to the awards ceremony, or for mailing unclaimed awards. |
| 5. | Entries that have won awards at prior Noreastcons are not eligible for awards. |
| 6. | Entrants are placed on notice that entries may be excluded on grounds of propriety. |
| 7. | While the use of plastic is encouraged, other modeling materials are permitted. Judging standards of construction, finish, attention to detail, and authenticity will be the same regardless of material used. Unless described differently in these rules, judging standards will follow the most recent available IPMS/USA Competition Handbook. |
| 8. | Models may be displayed on bases, but only the model will be judged, unless the entry is in one of the diorama categories. |
| 9. | Markings will differentiate between military and civil categories, and will also determine eligibility for theme awards. |
| 10. | The Contest Registrar may assist in determining an entry's category, but the final decision on category placement shall rest with the Chief Judge. Judges may split or combine categories prior to judging, depending on the number of entries in each category. |
| 11. | First, second, and third place awards will be given in each category.
- Out-of-the Box [OOB] Awards will be given in categories so noted.
- Individual entrants are eligible for only one award in each category entered [NO SWEEPS].
- An entry placing first, second or third is NOT eligible for the OOB Award in that category.
- If all models eligible for the OOB Award place as first, second or third, no OOB Award will be given for that category.
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| 12. | Out-of-the-Box: Entries must have been built from a commercially available kit, using the parts from the kit only.
- Seams may be filled/sanded, guns drilled out, and trailing edges/doors/hatches, etc. may be thinned, but no other modifications may be made to the kit parts.
- The addition of rigging, antennae, and simple tape or foil seatbelts is permitted.
- The kit instructions must be displayed with all OOB entries.
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| 13. | Conversion: Entries must represent a version different from that provide by the basic kit.
- The conversion must contain significant structural modifications to the basic kit involving extensive changes in contour or configuration.
- In addition to the judging criteria common to the entire contest, judges of the Conversion Category will give special consideration to the complexity of the conversion.
- The entrant should detail the conversion changes made to the basic kit on the entry sheet or accompanying documentation.
- The Chief Judge has the ultimate authority to determine a model's category placement.
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| 14. | Scratchbuilt: Entries must comprise less than 25% commercially available parts (i.e. wheels, tracks, propellers, etc.). The entrant must have fabricated all major components. Methods of fabrication should be specifically described on the entry form. |
| 15. | Collections: Entries must comprise five or more models adhering to a common theme. While construction and finish quality are important judging considerations, close attention will also be paid to the imaginative selection of the collection's theme. No more than 40% of the entries in a collection may have won awards individually in previous Noreastcons. |
| 16. | Silk Purse from a Sow's Ear Category: This is the theme award for the 2008 Noreastcon and will be judged as a single dedicated category.
- A first, second, third place, and OOB awards will be given to the "best models produced from the worst kits".
- Any and all modeling techniques, scratchbuilt or aftermarket additions are acceptable, but the original kit must be readily identifiable in the finished product.
- Additional documentation demonstrating the challenges presented by the original kit will be considered by the judges.
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