Monthly Club Contests

• Monthly club contests are open to IPMS Ottawa members in good standing.

• Models must be primarly plastic, although the use of photoetch, metal, or resin detail parts is allowed as those items are widely accepted as a part of modern building methods.

• Models made primarily of alternate materials — wood, paper, fabric, metal, etc. — are not eligible for monthly club contests.

• Partially-completed models are not eligible.

• Model must be the sole work of the member that enters it.

• Models that were previously entered in club contests are ineligible (regardless if they placed).

• Models should be appropriate and non-offensive by generally acknowledged standards of taste and acceptability.

• Models must adhere to the contest theme (if one is defined).

Any type of plastic scale model is eligible.

Kits
Any commercially-available plastic or resin kit may be used.

Finish
Aftermarket decals or decals other than those included with the kit may be used.

Construction

ALLOWED:

• Fill seams and gaps
• Sand off rivets, panel lines, and/or other surface detail
• Re-scribe panel lines
• Drill out guns and exhausts
• Thin trailing edges, flaps, fenders, hatch covers, and doors
• Hand paint instrument panels and consoles in lieu of decals
• Create seatbelts from tape

NOT ALLOWED:

• Vacuform, manufacture, or replace kit parts with ones not supplied in the kit
• Cut or separate canopies, control surfaces, hatches, or doors. (No surgery allowed!)
• Apply zimmerit not included in the kit (for example, using putty).
• Apply rigging, masts, hoses/wiring, or antennas unless depicted in instructions or box art
• Apply commercially-available items (for example, photoetch or metal parts) that are not included in the kit

Instruction Sheets
The kit instruction sheet(s) MUST be displayed with the entry.

Starting in March 2022, we transitioned from the above-mentioned online show & tell blog to an Instagram account maintained by our Contest Coordinator. You can access the new IPMS Ottawa Instagram account even if you do not have an Instagram account of your own.

• If you have an Instagram account, click here
• If you do not have an Instagram account, click here