The author of this book, an award-winning modeller, introduces and explains a selection of 120 close-up photographs of the work of leading figure modellers on both sides of the Atlantic. The book is divided into sections on stock figure painting, conversions, scratch-builds, vignettes and dioramas. Models by Sheperd Paine, Peter Twist, Derek Hansen, Bruno Leibovitz, Greg DiFranco, Mike Good and Brian Stewart are included.