Best in Show -
Bill Wallis Memorial Trophy
This is awarded to the Outstanding Model of the show by a team of Expo Committee judges, from all category winners.
This is a memorial Trophy to Bill Wallis who was an Expo founder and long time stalwart of the Modelling scene in Australia

2008 Winner - Alan Chung

Stuart Ferguson Memorial Trophy
This is an annual trophy presented to the Intermediate Modellers. It is a memorial to a keen young modeller who passed away.

2007 Winners - Fred Murray

Best Australian Aircraft.
by Australian Aircraft Restoration Group

This award is for any Aircraft, military or civil with an Australian background, either by manufacture or usage. Civil Airliners by Australian Carriers qualify as well.

2008 Winner - Adrian Foot

Best RAAF Subject
Kevin Kerle Memorial.
Presented by Waverley Scale Model Club

This award is in memory to a long standing modeller and WSMC member. This is for the Best RAAF subject.

2008 Winner - John Booth

Best Vietnam Era Subject
Presented by the National Vietnam Veterans Museum.

This is for any model that encompasses the Vietnam War period, it does not have to be entered into the competition to qualify. The model could also be part of a club display or vendors display.

2007 Winner - Simon Breust

Junior Model of Merit
Sponsored by the Whittlesea Area Plastic Modellers.

To promote the juniors out there. This award is selected by the WAPM club, it is not necessarily a class winner, but a model that is seen as having the X factor for the younger folk.

2008 Winner - Brittany Tiernan

WOW ! Factor Model
Sponsored by Max Shaw
This is selected by Max as a model that has ... well the WOW ! factor, that model that makes you take a second look.

2008 Winner - David Dalton

Best CMR Resin kit
Sponsored by CMR Models

Particularly to encourage modellers to try the fine range of subjects created in resin by CMR Models