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Model Shows
   
July 17, 2010 IPMS/USA Lakes Region Scale Modelers Model Show - Crystal Lake, Illinois
   
August 4-7, 2010 2010 IPMS/USA National Convention -Phoenix, Arizona
   
October 15-17, 2010 Military Miniature Society of Illinois Show - Schaumburg, Illinois
   
November 13, 2010 MIPMS/USA Butch O'Hare Show - Darien, Illinois
   
April 6-9, 2011 2011 AMPS International Show- Fredricksburg, Virginia USA
 
General Info
 
July 11, 2010 We've updated our "links" section to include a newer listing of our brother AMPS Chapters.
 
June 29th We've added photos from our June 2010 meeting; Thanks to Chuck once again.

Also, we've moved our club "Wheeled Vehicle" Contest back a month to August as everyone is a bit behind on their projects.
 
May 25th Chuck has once again taken photos from our latest (May) Club Meeting and they're up for your viewing pleasure.
 
May 4th We've updated some of the info on the site, including Model Show news.  And, we've added some photos of the 2010 AMPS International Convention.  
   
February 16th Courtesy of Cap'n Ron Damratowski and John Lees (The Earl of Elgin), we have photos up of our February meeting.
   
January 18th Again, courtesy of Chuck, we have photos up of our January meeting.
   
January 7, 2010 Happy New Year to everyone. 

We've finally got our meeting dates for 2010 at Cantigny's First Division Museum.  Check out the Club Meeting section of this website for specifics.  Please note that April has no scheduled meeting date.  The only Saturday we could get into the FDM was on 4/24, which is the same weekend as the International Show.  So, we just cancelled the meeting.
   
December 29, 2009 Photos of the 2009 Christmas party are up.  Check them out here.

Also, we've listed the details of our January 2010 meeting too.
   
October 11th New Club Member, Mugsy, sends his photos from the Armoured Corps Museum - Latrun, Israel.
   
August 11th The 3rd Annual Club Christmas Party has been finalized for December 12th.  Check out the details at the Club Meeting page
   
July 21st We had a great meeting at Bob's house this past Saturday.  Thanks for letting us hang out at your place Te-Kita.  Here are some photos from the meeting. 
   
July 16th We've added a Hyperlink to the online shop (Cafe Press) that sells AMPS-Chicagoland Products (Including the Infamous Aleshire Hoodie).  Go to our "Links" page to find the order button.
   
July 13th The Club Meeting Dates have been finally set for August through December.  Check out the schedule at the Club Meeting page
   
May 1st We've Finally gotten time to put up some photos from the 2009 AMPS International Show.  CHeck 'em out.
   
March 19th More Club Photos are up; This time from our March Meeting.
   
February 2, 2009 We've finalized our Club Contests.  See the Club Meeting page for more info.
   
December 16, 2008 We've created a section to display photos of our club meetings and events.  That's good timing as we now have photos from our 2nd Annual Club Christmas Party there.
   
December 9th We've finalized our January Meeting location and schedule.  See the Club Meeting page for more info.
   
November 23rd Our 2009 Meeting schedule has been finalized.  See the Club Meeting page for more info.
   
October 14th Our Club Christmas Party has been finalized.  See the Club Meeting page for more info.
   
August 20th Sounding like a broken record... after discussing our December "Artillery" model contest, we decided that it was best to push it back to January 2009 (mostly due to moving the "SoftSkin" contest back a month before that).
   
July 27th 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
   
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.
   
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)
   
   
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.

   
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  

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 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.