Scale Model

Scale Model Competition

Build Area

Wire cutters, sanding sticks, and Gunpla markers will be provided for use to build kits. You are free to bring any other tools you want to use to build your kits with.

Painting of kits will be limited to brush painting and Gunpla markers only. Airbrushes and spray cans are forbidden.

If you wish to paint with brushes, you are required to bring a drop cloth of some kind to cover the area you will be painting. Open paint bottles will be kept in boxes or another container to prevent spills from leaking over the table. The box the model kit comes in works for us.

Model kits cannot be left at tables overnight or to be stored in the room. If other people are waiting for a workspace, please pack up your kit and any tools that you brought so they can have a spot

Scale Model Competition

The Tekko Scale Model Competition Returns to Tekko for 2024! The Scale Model Competition Room is more than just the competition. The room also has a showcase for kits that people bring in for display only, as well as a space for building kits at the convention.

No Warhammer kits or D&D minis will be allowed to be entered for any contest. Model kits only.

Build Area

Wire cutters, sanding sticks, and Gunpla markers will be provided for use to build kits. You are free to bring any other tools you want to use to build your kits with.

Painting of kits will be limited to brush painting and Gunpla markers only. Airbrushes and spray cans are forbidden. If you wish to paint with brushes, you are required to bring a drop cloth of some kind to cover the area you will be painting. Open paint bottles will be kept in boxes or another container to prevent spills from leaking over the table. The box the model kit comes in works for us.

Model kits cannot be left at tables overnight or to be stored in the room. If other people are waiting for a workspace, please pack up your kit and any tools that you brought so they can have a spot

Snap Build

The Snap Build category is for kits solely built at the convention. This category is primarily judged by construction techniques with paint and detailing work being considered bonus points to be earned during the creativity section of scoring.

Full Build

The Full Build category is for kits that are worked on outside the convention in part or in whole and are judged on equal parts construction and paint/decal work. Creativity with regards to effects, added detail, custom paint jobs and other improvements are also factored into the final score. For the purposes of judging and supporting the kit, the action bases used to pose/support the kit will not be counted.

Open Entry People's Choice

Following on the Beach theme for Tekko 2024 the theme of the People's Choice Contest is also the beach. The purpose of this contest is to allow convention goers to vote on what their favorite kit is based on submissions based around the year's theme.

Any beach themed High Grade or SD kit or diorama can be submitted for entry into the contest. As this is a more laid back contest have fun with posing, diorama props, paint colors and the like! No large HG Kits will be allowed to enter.

Kit Showcase

The kit showcase is for kits that people want to show off but not ones they want judged. Any kit can be put on display. The kits can be dropped off anytime before judging starts at 5PM Saturday and can be picked up anytime during the con, though they must be picked up before the end of the con.

The limit to the number of kits any one person can bring in to display is

Group Diorama

heme: Torrington Naval Base Attack From Unicorn Episode 04.

For Tekko 's 2024 beach theme we are going to be having our group build diorama based on the port attack on Torrington Base in Gundam Unicorn. While the core of the diorama will be focused on the port attack, we opened up the mobile suit selection to include any mass produced suit on the attack on Torrington base. The only one off suit we will be allowing into the diorama is the Byarlant Custom and only one of those will be allowed into the group build.

Also, all these kits will be in 1/144 scale, otherwise known as High Grade. We will not be taking any larger kits into consideration as part of the display. Keep in mind that because Gundam Unicorn uses a lot of suits from earlier shows you can still use the non Unicorn kits to enter into the Diorama. This is especially true on the Zeon side where liveries wouldnt be standardized aroung the remenants.

The kits / Mobile Suits that are allowed are as follows:

Zeon:

AMX-109 Capule

MSM-04G Juaggu

MS-06D Desert Zaku

MS-06K Zaku Cannon

MS-07C-3 Dom Heavy Weapons

MS-09G Dawage

RMS-192M Zaku Mariner

MSM-07 Z'Gok

MSM-08 Zogok

MS-14D Desert Gelgoog

AMS-129M Zee Zulu

RMS-108 Marisai

AMX-101K Gallus-K

MS-09F Dom Troopen

EFSF:

MSA-005K Guncannon Detector

RMV-1 Guntank II

RAG-79 Aqua GM

RMS-179 GM-II

RGM-86R GM-III

MSA-003 Nemo

MSA-004 Nemo III

RX-160S Byarlant Custom (Only one)

Fine Print

Scale Model Room Hours

Thursday: Con Open - 7Pm

Friday: 10Am - 8Pm

Saturday: 10Am - 8Pm

Sunday: 10Am - 12Pm

Submissions for the scale model contest start when the room opens on Thursday and stop at 4pm Saturday. Winners will be announced two hours later at 6pm.

If the kits are not picked up by 11Am of Sunday they will be dropped off at Con ops to be picked up.

Things to note about scoring and the categories:

• The scale of the entry is not taken into consideration when scoring a kit and the categories are not broken down by grade or scale.

• The use of kitbashing or option parts or hand made custom parts is allowed.

• Custom paint schemes are also allowed, and points will be awarded for creative schemes for the creativity section.

• At a minimum, panel lines and large areas of correct color applications are a requirement for full build kits and diorama builds. If the correct color application is provided with a decal or sticker, like for the face or eye parts of a Gundam type for example, then the decal's placement and any peeling will be judged.