Kit Con is a growing scale-model show and convention held in Raleigh, North Carolina, created to bring together builders, artists, manufacturers, vendors, and hobby enthusiasts from across the modeling community under the welcoming theme “What Do You Build?” Launched in 2025, the inaugural event attracted modelers from around the country and featured more than 340 contest entries, establishing Kit Con as an exciting new addition to the East Coast modeling calendar. Unlike shows centered primarily on one modeling genre, Kit Con embraces virtually every corner of the hobby, with competition categories covering aircraft, armor, automobiles, ships, spacecraft, science fiction, horror, fantasy and superhero figures, historical figures, Gundam and mecha, anime, dinosaurs and kaiju, dioramas, miniatures, humor, and more. The event combines its large model contest with professional demonstrations, educational presentations, raffles, specialty awards, and a vendor area featuring hobby retailers, model manufacturers, figure and garage-kit producers, artists, and specialty modeling companies. Kit Con uses a point-based open judging system, allowing multiple builders within a category to be recognized according to the quality of their work rather than limiting recognition to a traditional first-, second-, and third-place structure. Following the success of its first year, Kit Con 2026 will be held November 21 at the Hilton Raleigh North Hills, moving into a ballroom approximately three times larger than the previous space as the event continues to grow. With its emphasis on inclusivity, craftsmanship, education, vendors, and community, Kit Con is developing into a destination where modelers from traditional scale modeling, figure and garage-kit building, Gundam, science fiction, fantasy, and other branches of the hobby can come together for one shared celebration of model building.