In RT 32/4 we showcased the Canadian content entries seen at the IPMS/USA 2010 National Convention in Phoenix. Here are the details from that issue.

The Best Canadian Subject Award was not going to be presented at the formal awards banquet, so we simply decided to judge entries on our own and presented the trophy (an engraved beverage stein) to James Wechsler for a stunning 1/35 Cdn Army Coyote.

It worked so well that we want to do it again in Omaha in August 2011. If you’re entering a Canadian subject, look for the award sign-up sheets in the contest registration area.

What is Canadian content?

To qualify, your entry has to be identifiably and distinctly Canadian in its markings, or it can be clearly connected to being operated by Canadians.

CF, RCAF, RCN, Cdn Army subjects are definitely ‘in’. Some other ‘Yes’ examples are:

• an RCMP police car
  
• an airliner in Canadian livery
  
• a figure of Canadian fighter pilot Buzz Beurling
  
• a Cessna 172 wearing C-/CF- civil registration
  
• a Canadian Coast Guard ship
  
• Billy Bishop’s aircraft in the Royal Flying Corps
  

Some ‘No’ examples are:

• a plain-painted vehicle sporting provincial plates
  
• Space Shuttle with the ‘Canadarm’
  
• a Luftwaffe Canadair Sabre 6
  
• a Belgian CF-100
  
• a CL-215 or a DHC-3 Otter in non-Cdn markings.
  

If you want to know more, please feel free to write and we’ll try to answer your questions before you get to Omaha. box626@ipmscanada.com