AMPS - Chicagoland Model Club
news you can use
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| July 27, 2008 |
First off,
after discussing our upcoming AUGUST "soft skin" model contest, we
decided that it was best to
push
that back to September instead. Also, we've added a hyperlink to honorary AMPS-Chicagoland member Gerry Chester's website: North Irish Horse/Tanks of the Royal Armoured Corps |
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| June 3 | Added today are a number of new Hyperlinks, including some new military museum listings as well as links for club member modeling Companies Anubis Creations and Modeler's WarEhouse (Home of WARPIGS modeling pigemnts) | |
| May 16 | I've put up the Club meeting dates for July through December 2008 in the Club Meeting Section of this site. | |
| April 22 | More Photos from the AMPS International show are available Here | |
| April 16 | Well, we're back from the 2008 AMPS International Show. We had a great time and met some awesome people too. Here are some photos that were snapped by some of our members. Enjoy. | |
| March 4 |
First, I've put up the Internal Club Model Contest Schedule for this
year. See it at the
"Club Meetings"
Section. Second, the boys are back in town from the Madison IPMS/USA model contest with some major hardware. Congratulations on the great showing!! Here is a quick rundown of how the guys did: Chuck Aleshire Best Model: Show Theme Award "Luck in War" (1/35 Tamiya M8 Greyhound Dio "Lucky Break") 1st Place: Armored Car/Halftrack Category (1/35 Tamiya M8 Greyhound) 1st Place: Artillery Category (1/35 Trumpeter s.F.H. 18 15cm Howitzer) 1st Place: Military Diorama Category ("Berlin Surprise" Dio) Chad Clark 3rd Place: Military Diorama Category Ron Damratowski 3rd Place: Allied Armor - British? Category (1/35 Kitbashed Sherman 'Firefly' Mk IC) John Napolitan 2nd Place: Tigers/Panthers Category (1/35 AFV Club Pzkfw VI Tiger I Ausf E. -late Version) John Wendt 3rd Place: Russian Tracked Vehicles Category (1/35 Trumpeter KV-1 Model 1940 Tank) |
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| February 28 |
The
First Division at Cantigny Park (our meeting place Sponsor) is looking
for help on restoring their M41A3 Walker Bulldog and M60 Patton Tank.
Anyone able to help should contact Patrick. Also, some of 'da boys are going up to the 3/1 model show up in Madison. Good luck to them and have a safe Trip. |
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| January 31, 2008 | It has been a long time since we posted something up, however we're going strong and with us no news is usually good news. Anyway, we finally got our meeting schedule from the First Division Museum and I've posted that in the "Club Meetings" section. | |
| November 27, 2007 | Since we are affiliated with Armor Modeling and Preservation Society we'd like to help support AMPS as best We can. Therefore, We've put up hyperlinks to all of the other AMPS Chapters (which have websites). Check them out in the links section. | |
| November 23rd | First, we hope you've had a safe and enjoyable Thanksgiving Holiday! Second, we've finalized our January 2008 meeting. For more info click here. | |
| November 12th |
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On Saturday, November 10th, Chapter members helped man the AMPS National booth at the IPMS/USA Butch O'Hare (Illinois) Model Show and Swap meet. We had a great time and want to thank the boys at the Butch O'Hare club for their assistance and hospitality. |
| October 17th | We are proud to announce That we've found a permanent meeting place; the 1st (US Infantry) Division Museum at Cantigny Park - Wheaton, IL. For Info on meeting dates and times, go here. | |
| October 4th | Reminder - 2nd Chapter meeting coming up this Saturday, October 6th. More info at the "Club Meetings" section. | |
| September 18th | AMPS - Chicagoland's club website is up and running! | |
| September 8, 2007 |
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We had our first/Inaugural Club Meeting at Patrick Keenan's house in Aurora, IL. Besides getting to know one another, we discussed club business and what we all expect of a club. 11 people were in attendance. |
| Model Shows | |
| May 3, 2008 | IPMS/USA Alexander Lippisch Annual Model show - Hiawatha, Iowa |
| May 31, 2008 | AMPS Military Modelers Club of Louisville Invitational Model show - SHepherdsville, Kentucky |
| August 6-9, 2008 |
2008 IPMS/USA National Convention - Virginia Beach, Virginia For more info click here |
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