Amazon.com description: Product Description: 240 color photos and diagrams 9 x 12 Comprehensive guide to this increasingly popular hobby Richly illustrated in full-color, with text by modeling experts Valuable to both beginner and expert This book is a sumptuously illustrated, comprehensive guide to a hobby that is gaining widespread popularity among military and modeling buffs. With more than 240 full-color photos and diagrams, The Encyclopedia of Military Modelling is a definitive reference work that any modelernovice or veteranshould have on hand. It includes instructions on how to get started, tips on painting techniques, ideas for embellishing kits, and advice on overcoming problems. Chapters cover single figure modelling; dioramas; artillery; armored fighting vehicles; weapons; equipment and horses; and much more. Also included is detailed coverage of military periods from a modelers perspective. Never before has the modelers art been captured in such colorful detail. Contributors include Terence Wise, Roy Dilley, Donald Skinner, Dennis Knight, and other leading experts in the field.