EACON 2012 – Plastic Model Competition Rules and Regulation

To all plastic model enthusiasts, the Plastic Model Competition is back for the 2^nd year running! This year’s 2012 competition will be held on 15^th to 16^th December 2012. The competition is now open for registration so don’t miss out this chance to show your skills! Start registering now at plastic.model@yahoo.com!

This year’s competition consists of the following categories:

• Category A: 1/144 Scale
• Category B: 1/100 Scale
• Open Category C
• Open Category D

General Rules:

• -Participants may only submit one entry per category.
• -An entry cannot be entered across multiple categories.
• -No resin kit is allowed in this competition.
• -Deadline for submission of entry is at 7:00 p.m., Monday, 10^th December 2012.
• - Action base stand is allowed for all the categories.
• -Any model kit that has been published on your FB, blog, twitter or any kind of social network is not allowed to enter in the competition. The model kit is to be kept as secretive as possible before the competition.
• -Your entry must be a new kit that has been assembled during the period of time between September till 15^th December 2012. Any kit assembled outside this time period is not allowed to compete.
• -All entries must be submitted by the 1^st day of the event before 1:00 pm. If you are not able to submit the entry yourself, you can ask a representative to help you submit your entry. However, please inform the Plastic Model Committee beforehand.
• -All entries must be collected on the last day of the event at 4pm. If you are not able to collect the entry yourself, you can ask a representative to help you collect your entry. However, please inform the Plastic Model Committee beforehand.
• -Event organizers shall endeavor to take care of all submitted entries. However they shall not be held liable for any loss or damages should they occur.
• -The judges’ decision is FINAL; no further correspondence will be entertained.
• -Prizes won cannot be exchanged for cash or any other form.
• -Violations of any of the rules and regulations of the competition can result in the disqualification of the entry.

Category A – 1/144 Scale

• - Open to any type of 1/144 scale Plastic Model Kit.
• - Weathering and Battle Damage is permitted.
• - Modification, Scratch build, Remodeling and any kind of 3^rd party accessories are allowed.
• - Diorama construction and the use of commercial full resin or resin conversion kits are not permitted.

Category B – 1/100 Scale

• - Open to any type of 1/100 scale Plastic Model Kit.
• - Weathering and Battle Damage is permitted.
• - Modification, Scratch build, Remodeling and any kind of 3^rd party accessories are allowed.
• - Diorama construction and the use of commercial full resin or resin conversion kits are not permitted.

Open Category C

• -Open to any type of Plastic Model Kit of any scale, such as Bandai, Tamiya, Fujimi, Aoshima, Kotobukiya, Hasegawa, Revell, Fine Molds,  ..etc
• - Modification, Scratch build, Remodeling, Weathering, Battle damage and any kind of 3^rd party accessories and diorama construction are ALLOWED in this category.
• - Entries can be entered as part of a diorama. Base dimensions of the diorama cannot be larger than 30cm x 30cm x 30cm (length, width, height).
• - Can use more then 1 model kit for this entry.
• - Gundam FIX Figuration (a.k.a. G.F.F.), Robot Damashi and any kind of figures are PROHIBITED to enter this competition.

Open Category D

• - Open to any other plastic model kits that are not mentioned in the categories above such as cars, tanks, planes, bikes and ships.
• - Modification, Scratch build, remodeling, any kind of 3^rd party accessories and diorama construction are allowed in this category.
• - If the number of participants is less then 5, then the competition for that category will be cancelled and the entries for that category will just be showcased for display.

How is the winner chosen?

Contestants will bring one or more of their best completed models to this competition and put them on display.

Judgment criteria:

a) Technical ability (5 points): Build, finish, modifications and enhancements.

b) Painting (5 points): Quality and detail

c) Presentation and Creativity (5 points): Beauty of presentation of entry

And the best will be selected as that winner. This event is designed for modelers who want to push their skills to the limit and we hope to see what awe inspiring works you'll bring!

How to join?

To register:

1. Email us the information as shown in the example below:

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Name: Will Smith

Age: 28 years old

Contact number: 8123456

Category: Category A - 1/144 Scale

Model Kit: Bandai HG 1/144 Zaku II MS-06

Title: Pinky Zaku

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2. Attach 4 photos (front, back, both left and right sides) of your model in your email. Each photo cannot exceed a size of 800 x 600 pixels.

3. Email your details and photos to plastic.model@yahoo.com before 7 pm, Monday, 10th December 2012.

4. Submission fee: All participants are required to buy a ticket (ticket price to be confim) in order to enter the competition.

5. Only one ticket is required (even for participants who competes in more than one category).

6. Ticket must be shown on the day of the competition at the registration desk. Any participants who failed to show their ticket will be disqualified from the competition.

7. All participants must bring their own models on the actual day of the competition. More detailed information will be given in due time.

**Rules and regulations may be subject to change without further notice.

**For any enquiries, please do not hesitate to email us at plastic.model@yahoo.com.

EACON 2012 Plastic Model Committee:

-Eric Lim

-Kevin Goh

-Billy Liaw

-Johnny Jong