Promoting Excellence in HO Scale Vehicle Modeling

Second Annual Holiday Model Contest


Even though the summer heat is still with us (at least in the Northern Hemisphere), the holiday season will be on us before you know it. With that in mind, it’s time to kick off the Second Annual 1/87 Vehicle Club Holiday Model Contest. This year, there will be two categories: Holiday Scene and Holiday Model. The first category is for dioramas or layouts featuring one or more 1/87-scale vehicle models in a scale scene. The second is for individual models.

To enter: 1. Build a diorama or a model. 2. Take a photograph. 3. Send it in. Prints should be sent to:

2002 Holiday Model Contest
1/87 Vehicle Club
1735 N. Story Rd. PMB #168
Irving, Texas 75061 USA

Digital photographs must be sent to: photos@1-87vehicles.org. Please include a reference to “2002 Holiday Model Contest” in the subject line of your e-mail. Do not send photos to any other Club e-mail address.

All entries must include your name and complete address (if you win, we need to know where to ship the prize, right?) as well as an e-mail address. Check the complete Rules listing below for the "fine print" stuff. [09/03/2002]

2002 Holiday Model Contest Rules

1. The contest is open to anyone. Entrants under the age of eighteen must have permission from a parent or guardian (this is because we post the winner’s name on the Club web site).
2. All entries must have a holiday or holiday season theme.
3. The particular holiday is up to you, subject to the following limitations: It must be a holiday observed annually in more than one nation and observance must take place each year between September 30 and January 1.
4. The theme and presentation must be tasteful and suitable for viewers of any age.
5. For the Holiday Scene competition, all major elements of the scene (vehicles, structures, figures, etc.) must be in 1/87 scale ± 5%. The sole exception will be natural backgrounds in scenes photographed outside.
6. For the Holiday Model competition, the subject must be a vehicle in 1/87 scale ± 5%.
7. By submitting an entry, you are certifying the scene or model meets the contest standards and is your own work. Exceptions: If the scene or model is the result of a collaborative effort, each participant must be identified.
8. If you did not take the picture you are submitting, the name of the person taking the photograph must be included with your entry.
9. Mailed entries must be postmarked by Thursday, December 12, 2002. Electronic entries must be received by 11:59 P.M. Eastern Standard Time (U.S.A.) on Thursday, December 19, 2002. The 1/87 Vehicle Club is not responsible for lost, damaged, or misdirected entries.
10. By entering the contest, you accept the following conditions: All entries become the property of the 1/87 Vehicle Club and may be reproduced in Club publications or on the Club web site without notice or compensation.
11. Judges will be selected by the contest sponsor and their decisions are final.
12. Prizes: Each competition will have a First Prize and a Second Prize. The contest sponsor will supply all prizes and bear all costs of shipping the prizes to the winners. Any taxes, customs duties or other fees required by law are the responsibility of the winner. A list of prizes will be posted on the Club web site.

The prize pool for the 1/87 Vehicle Club’s Second Annual Holiday Model Contest is even better than last year’s. The total value is well over $500.00 and the prizes are models you will enjoy.

There will be four winners: First Place and Runner-up in the Holiday Model competition and First Place and Runner-up in the Holiday Scene contest. In keeping with the season, the prize packages are built around a Christmas Tree theme. All four winners will receive:

A Christmas Tree rig featuring a Lonestar’s new pre-assembled 40’ Trailmobile flatbed trailer with a Promotex Mack CH613 tractor (A prototype CH613 pulling a modified flatbed trailer was used to carry the National Christmas Tree to from Glen Ayre, North Carolina, to Washington, D.C. in 1998).
Wiking’s new Massey-Ferguson 8280 Tractor with Trailer for hauling the trees from the field to the truck.
Atlas Ford F-150 Pickup – a “must” for any farm.
Athearn Ford C-Cab Coca-Cola Stake bed truck - the workers will get thirsty during the harvesting.
Busch 2002 Christmas VI Mini-Diorama with custom Messerschmitt – polar bears help Santa deliver the tree.

In addition, the first-place winner in the Holiday Model division will get the Herpa Fulda Christmas tractor-trailer. The first-place winner in the Holiday Scene judging will get a Herpa 2002 Advent Calendar with four special Private Collection models.

I want to thank Lonestar Models for supplying the Trailmobile trailers. I also want to thank Flint Imports, Promotex and Truck Stop Models for their assistance in helping me to put together a great bunch of prizes.

This is my second year of sponsoring the 1/87 Vehicle Club’s Holiday Model Contest and I hope to see entries from many of you. Bill C.

The 1/87 Vehicle Club thanks Bill for his personal sponsorship of this contest and encouraging diorama modelers! [posted 09/28/2002]