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If you are interested in sponsoring Buffcon 37, contact Ed Button.

IPMS Niagara Frontier wishes to thank the following sponsors of Buffcon 37:

Best of Show Awards

Best Junior

Best Aircraft

Jim Greenfield

Best Military Vehicle

Best Automotive

Best Ship

In Memory of Don Schulenberg

Best Figure

(Sponsorship available)

Best Fantasy & Sci-Fi Gaming

(Sponsorship available)

Best Gundam & Gunpla

(Sponsorship available)

Best Real Space & Science Fiction

Patsy & Dave Schwab

Best Diorama

(Sponsorship available)

Best of the Rest

(Sponsorship available)

Judges Best of Show

Special Theme Award
Seen Better Days - Worn and Weathered

(Sponsorship available)

Category Awards

Junior Entries (all scales)

1 - Bantam (ages 10 and under) - all entries

(Sponsorship available)

2 - Junior (ages 11 to 17) - all Aircraft

3 - Junior (ages 11 to 17) - all Military Vehicles

4 - Junior (ages 11 to 17) - all Automotive

(Sponsorship available)

5 - Junior (ages 11 to 17) - all Other Subjects

(Sponsorship available)

Aircraft

6 - Biplanes and Rigged Types - 1/72 & smaller

Dick Schulenberg

7 - Biplanes and Rigged Types - 1/48 & larger

(Sponsorship available)

8 - Single Engine Prop - 1/72

IPMS Champlain Valley

9 - Single Engine Prop - 1/48 - Allied

10 - Single Engine Prop - 1/48 - Axis

(Sponsorship available)

11 - Multi Engine Prop - 1/72

(Sponsorship available)

12 - Multi Engine Prop - 1/48

In Memory of Bernard Button, 15th AAF

13 - Jet - 1/72

(Sponsorship available)

14 - Jet - 1/48

15 - All Except Civil - 1/32 & larger

16 - All Except Civil - 1/144 & smaller

(Sponsorship available)

17 - Civil & Civil Markings - all scales

(Sponsorship available)

18 - Rotary Wing - 1/48 & smaller

(Sponsorship available)

19 - Rotary Wing - 1/32 & larger

(Sponsorship available)

Military Vehicles

20 - Fully Tracked - 1/72 & smaller

(Sponsorship available)

21 - Softskin, All Except Fully Tracked - 1/72 & smaller

(Sponsorship available)

22 - Fully Tracked, Closed Top AFVs - Allied - pre 1946

23 - Fully Tracked, Closed Top AFVs - Axis - pre 1946

24 - Fully Tracked, Closed Top AFVs - Modern - post 1945

(Sponsorship available)

25 - Fully Tracked, Visible Interior/Open Top AFVs - Allied - pre 1946

In Memory of Earl Bieger, WWII Armor

26 - Fully Tracked, Visible Interior/Open Top AFVs - Axis - pre 1946

27 - Fully Tracked, Visible Interior/Open Top AFVs - Modern - post 1945

Jim Greenfield

28 - Softskins, Halftracks & Armored Wheeled Vehicles - all periods

Jim Greenfield

29 - Ordnance & Prime Movers Under Tow - all periods - all scales

(Sponsorship available)

Automotive

30 - Factory Stock

31 - Custom & Show Cars

32 - Street Rods & Hot Rods, 1949 & older

Don & Jim's Sunoco Station, Buffalo, NY

33 - Hot Rods & Street Machines, 1950 & later

Jean's Housekeeping Service

34 - Competition, Open Wheel

(Sponsorship available)

35 - Competition, Closed Wheel

(Sponsorship available)

36 - Dragsters, Including Funny Cars & Pro Stock

(Sponsorship available)

37 - Light Trucks, Pickups, SUVs, Car-Based Police & Emergency Vehicles

(Sponsorship available)

38 - Heavy Trucks, Commercial; Heavy Fire, Rescue & Emergency Vehicles

(Sponsorship available)

39 - All 1/32 & smaller

Larry Osolkowski

40 - All 1/20 & larger

In Memory of Tom Waddington

41 - Motorcycles - all scales

(Sponsorship available)

Ships

42 - Oars and/or Sail - all scales

Dick Schulenberg

43 - Powered - smaller than 1/400

44 - Powered - 1/400 & larger

(Sponsorship available)

45 - Submarines - all scales

Figures

46 - Foot - 30mm to 90mm

47 - Mounted - 30mm to 90mm

(Sponsorship available)

48 - Foot - larger than 90mm

(Sponsorship available)

49 - Mounted - larger than 90mm

(Sponsorship available)

50 - Busts - all scales

(Sponsorship available)

51 - Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Movies & Comics - 8-1/2" high or less including base

(Sponsorship available)

52 - Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Movies & Comics - over 8-1/2" high including base

(Sponsorship available)

53 - Vignettes - Figures Only, No Vehicles - all scales

(Sponsorship available)

Fantasy and Sci-Fi Gaming (up to 40 mm)

54 - Fantasy - Single Model, Alternate History/Steampunk/Pure Fantasy up to 90MM tall

(Sponsorship available)

55 - Fantasy - Single Model, Alternate History/Steampunk/Pure Fantasy over 90MM tall

56 - Fantasy, 2-10 Models, Alternate History/Steampunk/Pure Fantasy

(Sponsorship available)

57 - Sci-Fi, Single Model, Weird WW2/Near Future/Sci-Fi/Far Future up to 90MM tall

(Sponsorship available)

58 - Sci-Fi, Single Model, Weird WW2/Near Future/Sci-Fi/Far Future over 90MM tall

(Sponsorship available)

59 - Sci-Fi, 2-10 Models, Weird WW2/Near Future/Sci-Fi/Far Future

(Sponsorship available)

Gundam and Gunpla

60 - Straight Build, 1/144 or smaller

(Sponsorship available)

61 - Custom Build, 1/144 or smaller

(Sponsorship available)

62 - Straight Build, 1/100 or larger

(Sponsorship available)

63 - Custom build, 1/100 or larger

(Sponsorship available)

Real Space & Science Fiction (all scales)

64 - Real Space, Real Spacecraft, Vehicles and Equipment

Ed Button & Family

65 - Science Fiction, Fictional Spacecraft

(Sponsorship available)

66 - Science Fiction, Fictional Subjects, All Others including Steampunk

(Sponsorship available)

Dioramas (all scales)

67 - Military Vehicle Dioramas

68 - Aircraft Dioramas

69 - Ship Dioramas

(Sponsorship available)

70 - All Other Dioramas

(Sponsorship available)

Other (all scales)

71 - Collections - Five or More Related Subjects

(Sponsorship available)

72 - Miscellaneous - All Other Entries

USMC Cpl. Tom Brown Sr., LCpl. Tom Brown Jr., Pvt. Katie Brown

73 - Humor in Modeling

In Memory of Ray Weick

74 - Modified/Customized Die-cast - all kinds

(Sponsorship available)

75 - Scratch Built, All Kinds

In Memory of John Bishop

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