Come join us for our umteenth annual show! 

The 2024 Heartland Model Car Nationals will be the 32nd show put on by the KC Slammers Model Car Club based in Kansas City, KS. Ours is a model car show that averages between 450 and 500 models entered each year. We have 29 separate classes and 16 Master Awards, including the Heartland Champion award. In 2023 our Heartland show had some 85 vendor tables sold with tons of model car kits, aftermarket parts, etc. The Overland Park Convention Center, Overland Park, KS is a great venue with plenty of parking, nearby restaurants and lodging. We create a PowerPoint-based awards show with photos of the Class winners and Master Awards along with the entrant's name and class sponsor. It is simply a great show put on by fellow car modelers and we even have a class called "Military (automotive related)…any non-track, automotive-style vehicle used by any military force from any nation." for our fellow military modelers. You need to join us and, hey, we're almost dead center in the middle of our country. Our 2024 theme is "What the…?" We’re talking GOOFY ideas here…like a Ferrari with a Pinto engine or a Pinto with a Ferrari engine, a camper/pickup bed on a ’57 Deville or a Gremlin as a Police Car…well, you know but we don’t and we want you to show us! Build that odd job, that model that makes people go Whaaaat? and bring it to the BEST Model Car Show in the Midwest. If you haven’t been to a Heartland Model Car Nationals you just haven’t been to the best model car show in the whole of the US! We’re bein’ modest here.

The show format is:

Day 1 (8 June) is for model registration only. The registration time is from 2:00pm until 7:00pm. Outside of those times only club members are permitted to stay as we judge the models from 7:00pm until judging is complete.

Day 2 (9 June) is the actual show with doors open at 9:00am with awards at 3:00pm. The show usually finishes at 4:00pm,

Second annual model contest and vendor show September 21, 2024 830am-4pm. .Over 10 categories to enter in. Follow Blackhawk Model Builders Society on Facebook for upcoming information. 

Join IPMS Mad City Modelers in the 2024 "Prelude to the Nats!!"

IPMS Mad City will be hosting its 28th annual scale model show at the site for the 2024 National Convention, Monona Terrace Convention Center in lovely downtown Madison, Wisconsin. Tour the 2024 National Convention site ahead of the crowd!

Registration 9-Noon
Judging Noon-3
Awards 4pm

ENTRY FEE $15.00 for First 5 Entries-$2 Each Additional
Intermediates $5.00 for All Models Entered
Juniors Free
Spectators $5.00 Per Adult or Children Over 12 Children Under 12 Free
Police, Fire, EMS and Active Duty Military with ID Free
PARKING - $5.00 onsite at Monona Terrace

Vendors $30.00/8’ Table Before February 1st, $35.00/8’ Table After

THEME AWARD ‘Overlord’ (D-Day, June 6th)
Wayne B. Grinnell Award - Best of Show 
Jim Turek Award Best Junior 
Scott Hoffland Award for Modeling Excellence 
Dave Raatz Tail Hook Award 
The Last Square Award – People’s Choice Best Armor 
Best Aircraft 
Best Auto 
Best Figure 
Best Ship 
Best Marine Corp Subject 
Best Sci/Fi - Real Space
Best WWI Aircraft 
Best Out of The Box 
Best Miscellaneous

1st, 2nd, and 3rd place awards in 67 categories (see attached PDF)
Featuring the return of "Out of Box" categories!