AMPS is seeking a volunteer to serve as the Assistant Treasurer for the society. 

This is an appointed position within the AMPS Executive Board.  

As the Assistant Treasurer, the candidate would be responsible for assisting the Treasurer in managing the AMPS revenues, expenses, developing an annual budget, and periodically providing written and verbal financial reports to the Executive Board.  The Assistant Treasurer would work closely with the Membership, Vendor and Sponsorship Coordinators, and report to the AMPS President and 1st Vice President on a recurring basis.  

Basic skills required include the ability to actively balance account balances, track expenses, track multiple sources of revenue, and to develop financial budget based on guidance from the AMPS leadership.  The successful candidate would also be able to perform basic computing and use web based applications.   

On the job training is provided.  

Please contact Neil Stokes (mrneil1964@yahoo.com) for more information on this position.  

Updated Boresight Edition Release.   

The March / April edition of Boresight was mailed out on Friday (8-8-25). 

The May / June digital edition is expected to be published this weekend (8-10-25).

The July / August digital edition is expected to be published early next week (11 - 13 August)

We expect that both editions will go to the printer shortly thereafter and to be in the mail within the next 7 - 10 days. 

This will make the Boresight release schedule current, and we have already put additional measures in place to keep it on track.   

AMPS 2025 Officer Elections

Results from the 2025 AMPS Elections

With more than 145 members casting ballots, the society has elected:

Neil Stokes as President     

Robert Riviezzo as 2nd Vice-President, Eastern Region

Chuck Aleshire as 2nd Vice-President, Midwest Region

Eric Choy as 2nd Vice-President, Central Region

Paul R. Miles as 2nd Vice-President, Western Region

Chris Lloyd-Staples as 2nd Vice-President, International Region

AMPS extends our sincere appreciation to our outgoing officers (Mike Petty, Jeff Nelson, and Robert Bethea) for their enduring service to AMPS. 

The position of 1^st Vice President will be appointed to complete the existing term of office leading up to the 2026 AMPS elections. 

Brian Eberle

AMPS Election Certifying Agent.  

Boresights Can Now Be Downloaded

In the May/June 2024, issue of Boresight, Mike Petty indicated that based on feedback from the membership on the inability to download or share Boresight digital editions our webmaster would examine options for the e-Board to consider. While the e-Board is concerned about protecting AMPS copyright content and preventing mass file sharing, our webmaster has developed a process to print their digital issue of Boresight to a printer or save as a PDF (through the browser's Save As PDF function available in Chrome, Safari and Edge).

If you want an offline copy of Boresight, view the online copy, and click the "PRINT/DOWNLOAD THE ISSUE" menu at the top of the page. A window will appear with instructions.

Please note that Boresight is protected by copyright under U.S. and international copyright laws and is the property of the Armor Modeling & Preservation Society. Members of AMPS are permitted to print issues of Boresight and save them as PDF files on personal devices. You will have to acknowledge and consent to the copyright provisions before you can print or download a copy of Boresight.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact your regional VP, Neil Stokes or Mike Petty.

AMPS Judging Training is Online

The Armor Modeling and Preservation Society (AMPS) is a fantastic and unique organization for armor modelers. It is based on the idea to make every armor modeler better at their skills and reward well-executed modeling work. AMPS provides recognition and constructive comments for every model judged at a show.  Each model is judged against a set of AMPS criteria, and no other modelers. To do that, all AMPS members are encouraged to become involved in the judging system in some capacity. Our judging system is peer based, so we need many trained judges to ensure consistency and fairness at our many shows. 

Training seminars are held at all International Conventions, and at a many local and regional shows. We have now put the training presentations online so that you can train yourself. Any AMPS member can access this training, and it is encouraged!  Whether you are just starting to build armor models, or you have been building armor for a while, reviewing these lessons are bound to help you be a better modeler and increase your understanding of the AMPS judging system. 

Click here to view the online training sessions.