IPMS/ Space Coast MODEL CLUB
PROUDLY Presents:
ModelFest 2008
“Where Dreams are Launched”
“Modeling the Past, Present and
Future”
April
12th and 13th, 2008
Elk’s
Lodge, Titusville, FL
For information contact:
Bob Taylor, Contest Chairman
(321) 676-1471
E-mail: bht936@aol.com
MODELFEST 2008
IPMS Space Coast would like to
invite ALL modelers to come out and join the fun at our MODELFEST
2008. The contest will be held at
the Elk’s Lodge, 2955 Columbia Blvd, on S.R. 405 in Titusville, Fl.
NOTABLES
•
1st, 2nd, & 3rd place awards will be
given in over 65 categories.
•
7,500 sq. ft. of display and vendor area.
•
Over 60 vendor tables at our last event!
•
Great raffle prizes.
•
Kennedy Space Center and Valiant Air Command
Museum only minutes away.
•
Many reasonable hotels and campgrounds
within minutes.
•
All-you-can-eat breakfast, Sunday morning at
the Elk’s Lodge Dining Room (not included in
Registration
Fee).
•
Make and Take (model building seminar) for
the little people in the family.
GENERAL INFORMATION AND
RULES
1. Models may be made of any
material, i.e. plastic, wood, metal etc.
2. Awards will be given in
all categories. Special categories will
only have one award.
3. No self propelled or radio-controlled models will be allowed entered
in the contest.
4. Junior division is limited to modelers who have not reached
their 18th birthday as of April 12th, 2004. Modelers who qualify as Junior may enter any
category if they wish; however, they may not enter more than one category with
any model. Juniors will be eligible to
win specialty awards.
Junior categories will be
split as follows: Juniors 12 and under
and Juniors 13 and over.
5. Contest judges are not permitted to judge a category in which
they are entered.
6. Bases will be allowed in all categories and will not be
considered during judging except in the Diorama categories. Such bases will be limited to a depiction of
the natural surface, which the subject would be found (grass, tarmac,
etc.) Any additions to such base will
place it in the Diorama category.
7. The entrant will determine the category of each model. The Contest Chairman reserves the right to
move the entries to another category if such move is clearly warranted. All such moves will be made following the
notification of the entrant.
8, There will be no new
categories (other than splits) created after the beginning of registration.
9. For contest purposes, multi-engined, fuselage mounted, (i.e.:
F-4, A-6, F-14, P-38 etc.) Will be
considered single engine and entered in the appropriate category.
10. All categories will be
judged with experienced “competition” modelers as judges. We owe it to each entrant to conduct the
judging with the utmost integrity and fairness. Judging will be conducted in a constructive and positive manner.
11. Out of the Box entries
must be an unmodified commercially produced kit, with the kit
instruction provided next to the model.
Seams may be filled if necessary, rigging, antennas and paper seat belts
may be added. Entry may be painted as
desired and substitute decals may be used.
12. IPMS Space Coast reserves
the rights to move any models deemed inappropriate for general audience viewing
to a special curtained viewing area that can be entered at ones own
discretion. IPMS Space Coast will not
be required to justify its decision to move models.
13. By submitting a model for entry to this
contest, and entrant shall agree to all rules.
SHOW ENTRY FEES
$10.00 – Adult Registration (Up to 5
entries)
$ 8.00 – IPMS Adult Registration (Up to
5 entries) with current IPMS Membership Card
$ 1.00 – Each additional Entry
$10.00 – Absentee (Up to 5 entries)
$ 3.00 – Junior Entry
$25.00 – Vendor Tables (Paid for prior
to March 1, 2008) $30.00 after March 1,
2008
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
SATURDAY, APRIL 12th
9:00 AM
Registration Opens
1:00 PM Make and
Take
5:00 PM
Registration Closes
6:00 PM Room Closes
7:00 PM Judging
Begins
SUNDAY, APRIL 13th
9:00 AM Doors Open
12:00 Awards
Ceremony
Note: It is requested that all models remain on tables for display until after the awards presentation is concluded.
Contest Categories
*Categories
may be added or deleted prior to show