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Rules [ENG]

Regulations of the 18th Inowrocław Modeling Competition

Inowrocław, 20–21 June 2026

I. Purpose and Venue of the 18th Inowrocław Modeling Competition

1. Objectives and Tasks

To promote scale modeling among children, youth, and adults as a form of spending free time and developing manual skills and spatial imagination; to exchange experience between modelers and establish contacts with modeling clubs in Poland and abroad; to present models to the residents of the region and the city of Inowrocław; to promote the region and the city of Inowrocław.

2. Date and Venue

20–21 June 2026
Sports and Entertainment Hall in Inowrocław
al. Niepodległości 4

3. Organizer

Inowrocław Association of Scale Modelers (ISMR)

4. Honorary Patronage

Marshal of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship – Piotr Całbecki
Mayor of the City of Inowrocław – Arkadiusz Fajok
Starost of Inowrocław County – Wiesława Pawłowska

5. As part of the 18th IKM, the following will be held:

  • Cardboard and Plastic Model Festival (hereinafter referred to as the Festival)

  • Cardboard and Plastic Model Competition (hereinafter referred to as the Competition)

  • Piotr Stempowski Memorial

6. SPECIAL CATEGORY – “SEAPLANES”

This category includes all airplanes and helicopters capable of landing and taking off from water surfaces.

7. Model Registration

Participation in the 18th IKM requires online registration via the form available at www.ismr.pl between 11 May 2026 (Monday) and 17 June 2026 (Wednesday).

On-site registration during the event is not possible.

Submitting a model constitutes acceptance of these regulations.
Participants deliver models to the venue at their own expense.

The organizer does not insure models or participants and does not provide meals or accommodation.

Failure to indicate an age category in the registration form will result in assignment to the Senior category. Registering a model in the wrong category will result in exclusion from evaluation.

8. Entry Fees

No entry fees will be charged.

II. Cardboard and Plastic Model Festival

1. Age Categories

  • Youth (Młodzik) – born after 2013

  • Junior – born 2009–2013

  • Senior – born before 2009

2. Festival Model Classes

CARDBOARD

(Detailed class list translated faithfully as in the original:)

Youth

  • Buildings and dioramas

  • Vehicles

  • Aircraft

  • Ships

  • Everything else you bring

Junior

  • Buildings and dioramas

  • Rail, tracked and half-tracked vehicles

  • Wheeled vehicles

  • Aviation and space

  • Ships

  • Everything else you bring

Senior

  • Buildings

  • Tracked vehicles

  • Civil wheeled vehicles (including rescue, construction, etc.)

  • Military wheeled vehicles

  • Rail vehicles

  • Non-self-propelled artillery

  • Multi-wing aircraft

  • Single-engine piston aircraft

  • Multi-engine piston aircraft

  • Jet aircraft

  • Gliders

  • Helicopters

  • Rockets

  • Ships, naval vessels, sailing ships

  • Submarines

  • Waterline ships and vessels

  • Figures

  • Dioramas

  • Everything else you bring

PLASTIC

Youth

  • Tracked vehicles

  • Wheeled vehicles

  • Aircraft and helicopters

  • Ships and vessels

  • Everything else you bring

Junior

  • Civil vehicles and motorcycles

  • Vehicles 1:72 and smaller

  • Vehicles 1:48, 1:35 and larger

  • Non-self-propelled artillery

  • Aircraft and helicopters

  • Ships and submarines

  • Figures and busts

  • Dioramas

  • Collections (minimum 5 thematically related models)

  • Everything else you bring

Senior

(Complete class list preserved and translated:)

  • Civil trucks

  • Civil passenger cars

  • Special vehicles (fire, police, ambulance, technical/towing)

  • Motorcycles

  • Rally vehicles

  • Track vehicles

  • Tracked vehicles 1:72 and smaller

  • Wheeled vehicles 1:72 and smaller

  • Tracked vehicles up to 1945 (1:48, 1:35 and larger)

  • Tracked vehicles after 1945 (1:48, 1:35 and larger)

  • Wheeled vehicles 1:48, 1:35 and larger

  • Non-self-propelled artillery

  • Aircraft 1:144

  • Aircraft up to 1930

  • Propeller aircraft 1:72 and smaller

  • Jet aircraft 1:72 and smaller

  • Helicopters 1:72 and smaller

  • Helicopters 1:48 and larger

  • Propeller aircraft 1:48

  • Jet aircraft 1:48

  • Aircraft 1:35, 1:32 and larger

  • Civil aircraft (including sport and gliders)

  • Space and sci-fi vehicles

  • Ships 1:700 and smaller

  • Ships 1:400 and larger

  • Submarines

  • Historical figures up to 89 mm

  • Historical figures 90 mm and larger

  • Fantasy and sci-fi figures

  • Busts

  • Aviation dioramas

  • Land dioramas 1:48 and smaller

  • Land dioramas 1:35 and larger

  • Maritime dioramas

  • Sci-fi and fantasy dioramas

  • Land collections (min. 5 related models)

  • Aviation collections (min. 5 related models)

  • Maritime collections (min. 5 related models)

  • Everything else you bring

3. Participation Rules (Festival)

  • Open to individual and club modelers from Poland and abroad.

  • Only self-built models are accepted.

  • Unlimited number of models per participant, but only one best model per class may receive distinction.

  • ISMR members may not participate.

  • Previously awarded Festival models may not compete again.

4. Evaluation (Festival)

Models will be judged by a panel appointed by the organizer.

Classes may be merged if participation is low.

Evaluation is based on overall impression (“like/dislike”) considering:

  • Precision

  • Painting quality

  • Work effort

  • Overall impression and symmetry

Three equal distinctions will be awarded per class.

III. Cardboard and Plastic Model Competition

1. Competition Classes (no age division)

  • Cardboard Aircraft and Helicopters

  • Cardboard Ships

  • Cardboard Vehicles

  • Plastic Aircraft 1:48 and larger

  • Plastic Vehicles 1:35

  • Plastic Ships

2. Participation Rules

  • Open format.

  • Self-built models only.

  • Maximum two models per participant.

  • Minimum 3 models from 3 different modelers required per class.

  • First 10 registered models per category will be accepted.

  • Previously awarded Competition models cannot be re-entered.

Base material must be cardboard (cardboard classes) or plastic (plastic classes). Other materials (resin, metal, wood, etc.) allowed as supplementary.

Documentation is mandatory.

3. Judging – Cardboard Models

Points awarded for:

  • Complexity – up to 15 pts

  • Geometry – up to 20 pts

  • Fit of parts – up to 10 pts

  • Surface quality – up to 10 pts

  • Edge retouching (color & completeness) – up to 10 pts

  • Clean workmanship – up to 10 pts

  • Non-cardboard elements (quality & painting) – up to 15 pts

  • Additional elements beyond instructions – up to 10 pts

  • Painted models: paint quality & weathering – up to 20 pts

Documentation must include:

  • Building instructions (mandatory for commercial kits)

  • Plans (mandatory for scratch builds)

  • Construction stage documentation

  • List of additional elements

  • Color references

  • Weathering documentation

Paper documentation required.

Judging – Plastic Models

Points awarded for:

  • Difficulty – up to 5 pts

  • Geometry & precision – up to 5 pts

  • Scratch-built elements – up to 12 pts

  • Resin/photo-etch/turned parts integration – up to 7 pts

  • Interior detailing – up to 10 pts

  • Engine detailing – up to 12 pts

  • Undercarriage – up to 8 pts

  • External equipment & armament – up to 10 pts

  • Painting accuracy – up to 17 pts

  • Paint & decal quality – up to 4 pts

  • Documented weathering – up to 10 pts

Full documentation required in paper form.

IV. SPECIAL CATEGORY – “SEAPLANES”

All aircraft and helicopters capable of operating from water.

V. Piotr Stempowski Memorial

Open to ship models at least 100 cm in length (“From one meter and up”).

Participation requires marking the appropriate box in the entry form.

Judges may exceptionally award a model shorter than 100 cm.

VI. Final Provisions

1. Special Awards

  • GRAND PRIX – Plastic Senior

  • GRAND PRIX – Plastic Junior

  • GRAND PRIX – Cardboard Senior

  • GRAND PRIX – Cardboard Junior

  • Special Category – “Seaplanes”

Special prizes may also be awarded by local authorities, institutions, associations, and sponsors.

2. Judging

  • Judges appointed by Organizer and Chief Judge.

  • Decisions are final.

  • Transparent judging process.

  • Misconduct may result in disqualification.

3. Event Schedule

Saturday

09:00–13:30 Model intake & opening
10:00–12:00 Workshops for children
10:00–17:00 Modeling market
10:00–17:30 Exhibition
14:30–19:00 Judging
18:00–24:00 Social meeting

Sunday

09:00–13:30 Exhibition
10:00–14:00 Market
10:00–12:00 Workshops
13:30 Results announcement
~14:30 Closing & model return

Organizer reserves the right to change the schedule.