Levels of competition
This is a list of the competition levels. For this contest Master level has been removed. Also please note that the levels ONLY apply to the KC AMPS Armor categories, everything else will be entered into the IPMS Great Plains show.

Levels of competition are as follows:

• JUNIOR -- modelers under the age of 16 that do not wish to compete in one of the other categories.
• BASIC -- modelers new to the hobby or those who display basic modeling skills. Modelers at this level generally build straight from the box or with a few minor tweaks and are people that have never competed before or are new to the hobby. The BASIC level is the introductory level to the AMPS system and serves to allow members that are developing their modeling skills to be evaluated and encouraged through the feedback provided by the AMPS judging system. Modelers may participate once at the BASIC level for their first AMPS show, where they will learn about the AMPS system and receive useful comments about how to build better models; afterward they will move on to the INTERMEDIATE level.
• INTERMEDIATE - models built by the majority of modelers; those of average to above average skill levels and who have some work to improve the model, or have won before in other shows. Models built by modelers at this level show some modifications, changes, commercial upgrades or conversion work. INTERMEDIATE level modelers move to the ADVANCED level upon winning a Gold Medal in the INTERMEDIATE level of competition.
• ADVANCED - models by very skilled modelers whose entries are heavily reworked, accurized, or display a great deal of non-commercial parts and or modifications. The evaluations of this class will be quite strenuous with accuracy and fidelity being the primary differentiators from INTERMEDIATE.
  
  This information is somewhat abbreviated please see the AMPS Rules link for detailed explanations of each level.
  AMPS Contest Rules
  

1. Closed Top Tracked and Semi-tracked Vehicles to 1945, Axis (BASED ON MARKINGS)(Three levels)
2. Closed Top Tracked and Semi-tracked Vehicles to 1945, Allied (BASED ON MARKINGS)(Three levels)
3. Closed Top Tracked and Semi-tracked Vehicles Post 1945 (BASED ON MARKINGS)(Three levels)
4. Open Top or Vehicles with Open Hatches with Interiors (interiors judged) ALL ERAS (Three levels).
5. Wheeled Vehicles (ALL ERAS) (Three levels)
6. Ordnance (Towed only, Emplaced or with Prime Movers) (ALL ERAS) (Three Levels)
7. Major Conversions / Scratchbuilt
9. Figures - 1899 to the present (three levels)
10. Dioramas and Vignettes (figures and vehicles combined) (three levels)
11. Hypothetical Armor - ie. paper panzers, gundam, etc (three levels)
12. Juniors (16 and under) Armor only
14. Display Only -- All levels