SYRCON Categories

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Bantam and Junior

1) Bantam entries all scales and types
2) Junior aircraft all scales and types
3) Junior armor all scales and types
4) Junior automotive all scales and types
5) Junior miscellaneous

Aircraft

6) Biplanes and rigged all scale and types
7) Prop, single engine 1/72 and smaller
8) Prop, multi engine 1/72 and smaller
9) Jet and rocket powered aircraft 1/72 and smaller
10) Prop, single engine larger than 1/72 (Allied)
11) Prop, single engine larger than 1/72 (Axis)
12) Prop, multi engine larger than 1/72
13) Jet and rocket powered aircraft larger than 1/72
14) Airliners, racing and civilian all scales
15) Rotary wing all scales
16) Missiles and actual spacecraft all scales
17) Large scale aircraft (1/32 and larger all scales all types)
18) Scratch built and major conversions all scale
19) OOB aircraft

Armor, ordnance and military vehicles

20) All fully-tracked AFV’s (including SP’s) smaller than 1/48
21) Softskins, Halftracks, Armored Cars, and Ordnance smaller than 1/48
22) All Tanks, Ordnance, and Military Vehicles 1/48
23) Tanks and fully enclosed AFV’s up to VJ-Day larger than 1/48 Allied
24) Tanks and fully enclosed AFV’s up to VJ-Day larger than 1/48 Axis
25) Tanks and fully enclosed AFV’s after VJ-Day larger than 1/48
26) Open top SP’s and AFV’s with detailed and open interiors larger than 1/48
27) APC’s, armored cars and half-tracks larger than 1/48
28) Soft skins larger than 1/48 (designed as a soft skin)
29) Towed ordnance larger than 1/48 (may include prime mover if towing)
30) Scratch-built and major conversions all scales
31) OOB armor
32) Armor Dioramas (with at least one vehicle)

Civilian Automotive

33) Curbside (closed hood, trunk, doors, interior may be detailed)
34) Factory stock (can have hood and doors open)
35) Street Rods (Body/chassis through 1948)
36) Street Machines (Body/chassis 1949 and later)
37) Pro-Street (Tubbed, mufflered, cheater slicks)
38) Mild custom (No chopping, channeling or sectioning)
39) Full custom (anything goes)
40) Racing closed wheel
41) Racing open wheel
42) Pickups and light trucks
43) Heavy trucks, Fire Apparatus and Tractor Trailers
44) Motorcycles
45) OOB Automotive (box stock)

Ships

46) Oar and sails
47) Powered Ships smaller than 1/400
48) Powered Ships larger than 1/400
49) Submarines

Figures

50) Historical 54mm and smaller
51) Historical larger than 54mm
52) Historical mounted
53) Busts, all types
54) Fantasy, comic book, sci-fi less than 8 inches
55) Fantasy, comic book, sci-fi larger than 8 inches

Miscellaneous

56) Sci-fi spacecraft and vehicles
57) Real Creatures
58) Collections
59) Miscellaneous Dioramas
60) Miscellaneous Entries

SYRCON Awards

attended by many of the finest modelers in Upstate New York, Northeast Pennsylvania and Ontario.

Category Awards

  • First, Second and Third in all Categories

Special Awards

  • Iron Man Award
  • People’s Choice Award
  • Judge’s Best of Show
  • Best Diorama
  • Best Bantam/Junior entry
  • Best of the Master Modelers
  • Best Entry by a Female Modeler
  • Best Aircraft
  • Best Armor
  • Best Civilian Vehicle
  • Best Ship
  • Best Figure
  • AMPS of CNY Award: Best of the Pershing / Patton AFVs