Thank you for coming to the 2024 contest in Leavenworth. We had fifty-eight modelers with 272 models entered, a full vendor room with nine vendors and 21 tables, and modelers travelling from a far away as Denver, Nebraska, St Louis and across the Midwest.
Next year, our contest will be on Saturday, October 4, 2025. The theme is “Modeling the Small Screen.” These are models seen on TV, not in the movies. We’ll have more details soon from the head judge. Congratulations to all our winners!
A: AIRCRAFT
Note: In Aircraft (except Biplanes, Civilian, and Rotary Wing):
1/144 refers to scales 1/87 and smaller
1/72 refers to scales 1/86 to 1/60
1/48 refers to scales 1/59 to 1/40
1/32 refers to scales 1/39 and larger
UAVs will go into their respective aircraft categories based on number and types of engines and scale.
All Propeller Aircraft categories include props, turboprops, and gliders.
All Jet Aircraft categories include manned, rocket-powered aircraft (such as the Me-163, X-1, X-15, X-24, etc.,) and winged aircraft-type missiles (such as the V-1.)
A-1: Biplanes
(and others that are predominantly fabric, struts, and rigging), all scales
1st Place: Swordfish, 1:48 Bill Pettyjohn
2nd Place: Fokker D.VIII, 1:48 JW Dirkse
3rd Place: Sopwith Pup, 1:72 Don Joy
A-2: Small Propeller Driven, 1/48 scale
Not exceeding 13.9 inches in length or wingspan.
Sponsored by IPMS West Central Missouri
1st Place: Goose, Bill Pettyjohn
2nd Place: AGM2 Zero, Kevin Troha
3rd Place: Ki-G1, Chat Gibbs
Honorable Mention: JU-87B, Kevin Troha
A-3: Large Propeller Driven, 1/48 scale
Exceeding 13.9 inches in length or wingspan.
Sponsored by Fort Crooks IPMS
1st Place: Douglas Azog Havoc Kevin Troha
2nd Place: JU-88C-6 Frank Holsburg
3rd Place: B-26 Invader Chris Wiehman
A-4: Small Jet Driven, 1/48 scale
Not exceeding 13.9 inches in length or wingspan.
1st Place: F-86D Sabre Dog JW Dirkse
2nd Place: F-86D Sabre Dog Steve Siebers
3rd Place: A4E Skyhawk Scott Hackney
A-5: Large Jet Driven, 1/48 scale
Exceeding 13.9 inches in length or wingspan.
1st Place: A-10C Thunderbolt Jarrod Booth
2nd Place: F-4J Phantom Brian Gauthier
3rd Place: F-14D Bombcat Stewart Bailey
A-6: Propeller Driven, 1/72 scale
1st Place: IL-2B Chris Barton
2nd Place: G8N-1 JW Dirkse
3rd Place: AGMB-21 Zero Steve Rosario
A-7: Jet Driven, 1/72 scale
1st Place: F-111 Aardvark Chris Barton
2nd Place: MIG-15 Stewart Bailey
3rd Place: Vulcan Shane Curtis
A-8: 1/32 Scale Aircraft
1st Place: A-20 Bill Pettyjohn
2nd Place: He-162A-2 JW Dirkse
3rd Place: Whirlwind FB Mk B Jarrod Booth
A-9: 1/144 Scale Aircraft
1st Place: Airbus A350-1000 Jarrod Booth
2nd Place: WC-130J Brian Smith
3rd Place: Boeing SST John Casey
A-10: Rotary Wing Aircraft, all scales
Including aircraft with fixed wings and rotors, such as the V-22 Osprey or autogyros.
1st Place: CH-54A Jarrod Booth
2nd Place: Bell OH-13D Stuart Bailey
3rd Place: AH-6 Jim Sheets
B: MILITARY VEHICLES
B1: Contest split. Armored Fighting Vehicles, closed top, 1953 and earlier
Armored Fighting Vehicles include Tanks, Assault Guns, Self-Propelled Artillery, and Personnel Carriers.
B-1A: Armored Fighting Vehicles, closed top, 1953 and earlier—Allied.
Sponsored by IPMS Great Plains
1st Place: Mark IV Male Fray Bentos Stephen Fells
2nd Place: US Light Tank M3 Stuart Paul Reeb
3rd Place: British Inf Tank Mark III Edward Moore
Honorable Mention: AMX-50B Heavy Tank Scott Walsh
B-1B: Armored Fighting Vehicles, closed top, 1953 and earlier—Axis.
1st Place: Panzer 38T Lamar Johnson
2nd Place: Tiger I Randy Fields
3rd Place: Tiger I Early Terry Barrow
B-2: Armored Fighting Vehicles, closed top, post-1953
1st Place: M1A1 HC Abrams Terry Barrow
2nd Place: Strv 103B MBT Larry Mann
B-3: Armored Fighting Vehicles, open top, any era
If hatches are open that reveal an interior (either kit-provided or scratch built), or if the vehicle doesn’t have a top, then it goes in the “open top” category.
1st Place: T-26E4 Super Pershing Stephen Falls
2nd Place: Japanese Type 2 Ka-Mi Mark Gerges
3rd Place: M-18 Hellcat Larry Mann
B-4: Towed Artillery, Missiles, and Rail-mounted Guns
When a missile’s transport vehicle or launcher is the predominant portion of the system (e.g. Patriot or SCUD) the model will be entered in this Armor category.
1st Place: 7.5 CM PAK40/L46 Anti-tank gun Paul Reeb
2nd Place: Krupp 21CM Morser Stephen Falls
3rd Place: WWI Italian 149mm Mortar John Casey
B-5: Armored Half-tracks and Wheeled Armored Vehicles
Open or closed top.
1st Place: M-20 Armored Car Terry Barrow
2nd Place: BA-20 Russian Armored Car Edward Moore
3rd Place: Saladin Ed Burgess
B-6: Soft Skin Military Vehicles
Including Trucks, Jeeps, Unarmored Half-Tracks, and Motorcycles.
1st Place: M561 Gama Goat Terry Barrow
2nd Place: M977 HEMTT Larry Mann
3rd Place: SdKfz2 Kleines Kettenkraftrad Paul Reib
B-7: Small Scale Military Vehicles
Includes all military vehicles 1/60 scale or smaller.
1st Place: M1070 Gun Truck Terry Barrow
2nd Place: Panzer III Ausf M Buzz Leonard
3rd Place: Dingo Mark II Ed Burgess
C: AUTOMOTIVE
(NOTE: If it has military markings, it doesn’t go in any of these categories—except in the case of obviously non-military vehicles like the Red Baron Hot Rod.)
C-1: Replica Stock
Normal production vehicles as they were when they left the factory (but not necessarily a new car.) All details must replicate a normal production vehicle. Aging and weathering are permitted.
Sponsored by KC Slammers, KC, MO
1st Place: ’50 Ford pick-up Frank Holsburg
2nd Place: 2014 Mustang Jarrod Booth
3rd Place: International Scout Keith Dupree
C-2: Street Rods and Street Machines
Vehicles that display a stock or nearly-stock production body with modified or enhanced engine, chassis, and interior.
Sponsored by KC Slammers, KC, MO
1st Place: ’63 289 Cobra Bill Barker
2nd Place: Nissan Skyline William Gauthier
3rd Place: ’36 Ford Coupe Garry Olson
C-3: Custom Auto
Vehicles with a modified body. Could be frenched headlights, different bumpers, chopped tops, stretching, shortening, or reshaping / replacing major body parts.
Sponsored by KC Slammers, KC, MO
1st Place: ’28 Ford Sedan Garry Olson
2nd Place: ’37 Ford Custom Charles Carle
C-4: Curbside
Vehicles which do not employ an opening hood, doors, or trunk, and are not meant to display engine or chassis detail. Judged as if parked at the curb, without access to the underside.
Sponsored by Midwest Modelers of St Joseph, MO
1st Place: Nissan Skyliner R34 Bill Gauthier
2nd Place: Detamoso Pantera Brian Gauthier
3rd Place: ’55 Chevy Nomad Shane Curtis
C-5: Motorcycles
2 or 3-wheeled vehicles.
1st Place: Indian Chief Jim Sheets
C-6: Competition
Any car marked as a racecar.
Sponsored by Midwest Modelers of St. Joseph, MO.
1st Place: 911 RSR William Gauthier
2nd Place: Marmon Wasp John Casey
3rd Place: ’73 Ford Gran Torino Brian Conn
Honorable Mention: Pacwest Racing Larry Mann
C-7: Automotive Miscellaneous
Any vehicle that does not fit any other automotive category (such as fire trucks or bulldozers.)
1st Place: American LaFrance Brian Gauthier
2nd Place: Massey Tractor with mower Keith Dupree
3rd Place: Cartron Network Truck Gary Olson
D: FIGURES
D-1: Humans (Mounted or Unmounted), 54mm and Smaller
1st Place: Ship’s Captain John Casey
2nd Place: Crown’s Guard Chase Deloach
3rd Place: German Assault Trooper Greg Brown
D-2: Humans (Mounted or Unmounted), Larger than 54mm
1st Place: French Soldier Mary Barrow
D-3: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Monsters
1st Place: Space Marines, Primaris Chaplain Phil Jurkowski
2nd Place: Undead Night Wyrm Chase Delouch
3rd Place: Satyr Larry Mann
E: SPACE AND SCI-FI
E-1: Space and Sci-Fi, all scales
Military launch vehicles (e.g. V-2, ICBM, IRBM), civilian launch vehicles (e.g. Scout, Saturn), and military launch vehicles modified for civil missions (e.g. Atlas/Agena, Jupiter C) will be entered in the Space and Sci-Fi category.
Sponsored by IPMS Lincoln-Scott Sumsion
1st Place: Voyager Larry Mann
2nd Place: Millennium Falcon Jay Chladek
3rd Place: A Wing Fighter Steve Rosario
E-2: Mecha, all scales
Powered sci-fi robots, armor or machines, with limbed features or humanoid construct. Such models may contain or display an operator figure as long as it is not the dominant part of the model; mechanical features should predominate. Otherwise an entry will go in the Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Monsters Figures category.
1st Place: Terra Marine Nick Kines
2nd Place: Strike Freedom Dan Livinton
F: NAVAL
F-1: 1/350 Scale and Larger
1st Place: USS San Diego, 1:350 Richard Swilka
2nd Place: LC193 H- Hour Stephen Fells
3rd Place: Prince Eugen Ed Moore
F-2: Smaller Than 1/350 Scale
1st Place: USS San Diego, 1:700 Richard Sliwka
2nd Place: USS Saratoga Don Joy
3rd Place: USS Arizonia Dakota Goeke
F-3: Submarines
Any vessel designed to operate completely (or mostly) underwater.
1st Place: German Type VII-C U-boat Randy Fields
2nd Place: German Type VII-C U-boat Nick Kimes
3rd Place: USS Peto SS-265 Richard Sliwka
G: DIORAMAS
Note: Bases will be allowed in all categories and will not be considered in the judging except in the Dioramas-Class categories. A base may be a piece of undecorated wood, plastic or glass or it may simulate the natural surface on which the prototype would be found; however, nothing other than that surface may be used. Aircraft and military vehicles may rest on simulated ground or paving, and aircraft that need beaching gear or dollies may be so equipped. Ships may be displayed in water (no drydocks). The base must not be the predominant feature of the entry and must be of a size proportionate to the model. The Contest Chairman and Judges reserve the right to exclude oversize bases. The model may include primary crew figures. The addition of any other figures or equipment outside or not attached to, the model (e.g. support equipment, shell splashes, or buildings) will make the model a Diorama, which must then be entered in the proper Diorama category. Dioramas are judged not only on the technical merit of their construction but also on the strength of the theme or story they present, so that if two dioramas were technically equal the one having the stronger theme or story would win.
G-1: Small Composition Dioramas
Single (or no) vehicle, no more than five figures.
1st Place: Ancient Warrior-Type 97 Scott Hackney
2nd Place: M4A1 Italeri farm Stephan Falls
3rd Place: US Army Stuart on Makin Garrison Gregg
G-2: Large Composition Dioramas
Two or more vehicles, and/or more than five figures.
1st Place: Battle of Tarawa Garrison Gregg
2nd Place: Harvest Diorama Steve Deloen
3rd Place: Under New Management Bryon Gauthier
H: JUNIORS (Age 17 and under)
H1A: contest split, Juniors Figures
1st Place: Heart Callie Potts
2nd Place: Ellen Annie Potts
H-1B: Juniors, all others
1st Place: Jeep Rubicon Nathan Grace
2nd Place: Yellow Camero Callie Potts
3rd Place: Typhoon Class Sub Ian Smith
J: Miscellaneous
J-1: All scales
Anything that doesn’t fit the above categories. Models primarily made from medium other than plastic may be placed in either this category or their “normal” category (builder’s choice.)
1st Place: Triceratops Larry Mann
2nd Place: Model T Mail Truck Keith Depree
3rd Place: M.A.S.H. 2 ½ Truck Charlie Carzle
Best of Show, Aircraft
Sponsored by Fort Crook, IPMS
A-20, 1:32 scale Bill Pettyjohn
Best of Show, Military Vehicles
Sponsored by Volks USA
M20 Armored Car, 1:48 Terry Barrows
Best of Show, Automotive
911 RSR, 1:24 William Gauthier
Best of Show Figures
Sponsored by Aves Studios
French Soldier, 1:12 Mary Barrow
Best of Show, Space and Science Fiction
Voyager, 1:48 Larry Mann
Best of Show, Ships
Sponsored by Donegan Optical
German Type VII C U Boat, 1:72 Randy Fields
Special Theme Award: Bronze Age of Modeling
Sponsored by Bandai
F-111 Aardvark, 1:35 Chris Barton
People’s Choice Award
CH-54 A, 1:35 Jerrod Booth
Judges Grand Award
A-20, 1:32 Bill Pettyjohn