[WWI] AMPS report

[Karen Rychlewski]

Spent a delightful day and a half with the ground-pounders in Hubbard 
OH, near Youngstown, at the AMPS Nationals. Had a great time chatting 
with this down-to-earth (no pun intended) bunch of armor modelers. The 
show was held in a small WWIpart2 armor museum which was an inspiring 
setting for some 530+ models of things that go on the ground; lots of 
very fine work on display. Sad to say, only a handful of models were OT; 
in fact, only two were vehicles, the others figures. I have to wonder 
why so few modelers build armor from the Great War. While kits for WWI 
armor and artillery are not exactly filling  a lot of shelf space, the 
tanks used on both sides are available in kit form, and there are kits 
for a variety of trucks, armored cars, motorcycles, and a few nice 
artillery pieces.

I've sent a few photos to Sanjeev for the list site; they should be up 
shortly.

Karen