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Armor Modeling and Preservation Society Central South Carolina Chapter “Wildcats” Armor Modeling and Preservation Society Central South Carolina Chapter “Wildcats” www.ampscentralsouthcarolina.org Our 2013 "Hand Grenades & Atom Bombs: Cold War Armor Along the Iron Curtain 1948 to 1989" Annual Show was held on Friday and Saturday, June 21-22, 2013 at the Sumter Convention Center, 700 West Liberty, Sumter, SC 29150. This show was ANOTHER GREAT SUCCESS! We co-hosted our AMPS show with our IPMS Gamecocks friends in conjunction with their IPMS / USA Region-12 Convention. Contact IPMS Gamecocks, Sumter-Shaw-AFB at http://www.sumter-shawafb-ipms.org/. The newly renovated Convention Center venue featured over 100 tables for display and 75 vendor tables! And this year, AMPS Central SC had dedicated spaces for Judging and to present the Judges' Training. The new venue was fantastic, and we've already received a lot of complements about this spacious and well-lit facility. This year, AMPS had 115 models entered for judging with another 20 brought in for "display only." Our IPMS friends had over 300 models entered into their show with another 20 display bringing the entire show to well over 450 models. AMPS had 38 participants and IPMS had 70, bringing the combined show total to over 100 model builders entering and exhibiting their work. This was a fantastic opportunity for AMPS to put its best foot forward and show the entire model-building community in our near region what AMPS is all about. Hopefully, we dispelled a lot of rumors, myths and urban legends about AMPS and its judging and awards systems. We 1 hope that this exposure will result in more modelers becoming involved in AMPS at both the local and national levels. Entry Display Area Vendor & Raffle Areas AMPS awarded 85 bronze, silver and gold medals in four different skill-levels, juniors, basic, intermediate, and advanced. Additionally, each and every one of the 115 models entered receiving written individual judges' assessments, scoring and narrative comments which were provided to the entrants at the end of the show. 2 Below is the complete, by name, listing of all the award winners by skill-level and award type for each category. Congratulations to all of our participants and winners! AMPS Central SC "Wildcats" Complete Show Results: June 21-22, 2013 Judges' Best in Show – "A Day of R&R", by Tony Zadro Theme Award "Hand Grenades & Atom Bombs" – "FV4204 Chieftain ARV", by Keith Frape Special Category Award "Best Naked Model" – "M4A3 Improved Assault Tank", by Eric Rains Best Commonwealth – "FV4204 Chieftain ARV", by Keith Frape Best German – "Bussing A5P", by Tony Zadro Best Russian – "BTRT IFV", by John Franklin Best US – "M4A3E8 Sherman", by Eric Rains Best Small Army – "Sahariana Scout Car", by Albert Vasile Best Figure – "Union Soldier Bust", by Matt Wesley Best Diorama – "A Day of R&R", by Tony Zadro Best Vignette – "Warrior WRAP II 2009", by Keith Frape Regular Categories I-Closed Top Tracked Armor to 1945 Axis (Based on Markings) – BASIC Entry FirstName LastName EntryTitle Medal 18-B Trevor Edwards Jagdtiger Silver I-Closed Top Tracked Armor to 1945 Axis (Based on Markings) – INTERMEDIATE Entry FirstName LastName EntryTitle Medal 22-B William Garner Panzer 38t Gold 31-A Ernest Urtiaga Panther G Gold 28-A Frank Locklear Carro Armato M13/40 Silver 34-A Larry Mason Sturmtiger Silver 19-A Bill Wilcox Desert Panzer Silver 3-B Tom Wingate Kingtiger Porsche Turret Bronze I-Closed Top Tracked Armor to 1945 Axis (Based on Markings) – ADVANCED Entry FirstName LastName EntryTitle Medal 1-A Michael Petty Type Ka-Mi Saipan 1944 Silver 21-A Steven Whetsell Hetzer Silver 35-A Dennis White Elefant Silver 9-A Tony Higgs Panther Ausf. F Bronze 2-A Bob Smyntek Up-Armored Pz II Bronze II-Closed Top Tracked Armor to 1945 Allied (Based on Markings) – BASIC Entry FirstName LastName EntryTitle Medal No Basic Skill Level Entries 3 II-Closed Top Tracked Armor to 1945 Allied (Based on Markings) – INTERMEDIATE Entry FirstName LastName EntryTitle Medal 29-A Roger Woods M3 Gold 8-C Dave Neuman M4A1 Silver 20-C William Wilcox M5A1 Bronze II-Closed Top Tracked Armor to 1945 Allied (Based on Markings) – ADVANCED Entry FirstName LastName EntryTitle Medal 16-B Eric Rains M3A3E8 Sherman ETO Gold 14-A Mike Reaves M24 Chaffee Silver III-Closed Top Tracked Armor Post 1945 – BASIC Entry FirstName LastName EntryTitle Medal No Basic Skill Level Entries III-Closed Top Tracked Armor Post 1945 – INTERMEDIATE Entry FirstName LastName EntryTitle Medal 24-B John Franklin Slovic T55 S1 Gold 4-C Keith Frape FV 4034 Challenger 2 TES Gold 36-A Tony Kelly Israeli M51 Sherman Gold 26-B John Sherrer ODS Bradley Gold 22-C William Garner M-47 Patton Silver 8-D Dave Neuman M551 Silver 29-B Roger Woods Leopard II MBT Silver 5-A William Winter Challenger II Bronze III-Closed Top Tracked Armor Post 1945 – ADVANCED Entry FirstName LastName EntryTitle Medal 9-B Tony Higgs M1 Abrams Gold 10-B Tony Zadro AMX Gendarmerie Gold 12-C Gerry Gardner Israeli M48 Silver 14-B Mike Reaves Arab T-55 Silver 35-C Dennis White Flack Panther Silver 32-A Albert Vasile Bradley Bronze IV-Open Top/Hatches AFV's with Interior and Halftracks – BASIC Entry FirstName LastName EntryTitle Medal No Basic Skill Level Entries IV-Open Top/Hatches AFV's with Interior and Halftracks – INTERMEDIATE Entry FirstName LastName EntryTitle Medal 34-C Larry Mason LVT-4 Gold 31-C Ernest Urtiaga M8 Howitzer Motor Carriage Gold 8-A Dave Neuman Marder III Ausf M Silver 37-A Dennis Leonitur SdKfz 250/3 Bronze 19-E Bill Wilcox SdKfz 251/9 Bronze 20-B William Wilcox M36 Jackson Bronze 3-A Tom Wingate SdKfz 251/22 Bronze 4 IV-Open Top/Hatches AFV's with Interior and Halftracks – 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