MAMA's Annual Model Car Show and Swap Meet

Our 2025 Mid-Atlantic NNL was a huge success!

Our 2025 Mid-Atlantic NNL Show:
The Maryland Automotive Modelers Association annual Mid-Atlantic NNL was held 10 May 2025. It was a huge success with 153 builders entering 418 of the best built model cars, trucks, and motorcycles on earth!

MAMA thanks our most generous sponsors for their support of our 2025 show!
The outstanding support that our sponsors provided to our raffle and door prizes was a huge hit with our participants and made them all a significant part of our show's success. Please click the sponsor icons below to visit our sponsors' sites in a new browers tab and learn for yourself why so many lucky Mid-Atlantic NNL participants chose their products from our raffle tables.


MAMA also expresses gratitude for all those who supported our show!

A great big thank you to all our trophy sponsors! They made it possible for us to bestow upon our class winners what we happen to think are among the nicest-looking trophies in the hobby.

Another great big thank you to all of the vendors who came out to the show and provided participants with plenty of items with which to grow their collections.

We also want to acknowlege the terrific support of the Level Volunteer Fire Hall in providing us an affordable venue and accomodating our schedule. We are particularly thankful for Ms. Karen Lopes and the Ladie's Auxilliary who were key to making the show arrangements by interacting with the hall's Operational and Administrative officers on our behalf, helped set up the tables, and staffed the kitchen to make sure there was a good selection of tasty menu items available for us and our show participants to nosh on for breakfast and lunch!

Last, but not least, we want to thank all those club members who worked so hard setting up, tearing down, and operating the show as well as those who did plenty of work behind the scenes to make the show happen.

MAMA especially thanks each and every particiant and visitor who attended our show. You made the show the success that it was.

 

This year, just before announcing the award winners, we held three very special raffle drawings:

The first special raffle was for a pair of 18"x24" 50th Anniversary Edition Beer Wagon and Red Baron Box Art Posters provided by the most prolific designer of wild cars and motorcycles, Tom Daniel, and the lucky winner was Lewis Hicks.

The second special raffle was for a stunning resin 1937 Delahaye 135MS Figoni et Falaschi Aubergine provided by Automodello, and the lucky winner was also Lewis Hicks.

The third special raffle was for another stunning resin model, this time a 1969 Chevrolet Kingswood Estate Wagon in red with black interior that was also provided by Automodello, and this tiime the lucky winner was Mike Abate.

Congratulations to all of our 2025 award winners!

Class Awards:
Competition (Joel Cheverly Memorial Award)
Winner: Jim Thoroman, Atlantis ‘57 funny car


Curbside
Winner: Gary Kulchock, Chevy Cheetah curbside


Customs
Winner: Rick Hanmore, ‘60 Corvette Bubbletop


Replica Stock (Harry Charon Memorial Award)
Sponsored by: Lyle Willits
Winner: Marcos Cruz, ‘69 Chevelle SS396


Street Machine
Winner: Karl Schaffer, ‘65 Marlin


Street Rod (John Kester Memorial Award)
Winner: Leonard Harrod, ‘48 Ford


Truck/Light Commercial (Arthur Henriques Memorial Award)
Winner: Tom Geiger, ‘53 Ford Pickup


Tuners
Winner: Marcos Cruz, Tamiya Supra
Special Theme Awards:
Theme: 60s Drag Cars
Winner: George Openhym, ‘68 Hemi Dart


Theme: Mopars
Winner: Dave Matiko, ‘65 “Hemi Hunter” Dodge


People's Choice: Junior (Mandy Wheeler Memorial Award)
Winner: Jamie Taylor, ‘97 Dodge Viper
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People's Choice: Adult
Winner: Lewis Hicks, ‘71 Mustang Street Machine


Themes for the 2026 Edition of the Mid-Atlantic NNL will be:

  • F-Bodies
  • Pickups

Some of the people and models displayed at the 2025 Mid-Atlantic NNL:

All show photos courtesy of Lyle Willts. You can see more photos of the 2025 Mid-Atlantic NNL at:
https://mamaprez.fotki.com/model_car_shows_/30th-annual-mid-atl/