KV Book Release

KV – Technical History and Variants
by Neil Stokes
Published by AirConnection, Canada
ISBN 978–0–9781091–2–7

AirConnection is proud to announce the publishing of the long-awaited book KV – Technical History and Variants by Neil Stokes.  More than four years in the making, the book is in hardcover format with 560 A4-sized pages.  The book includes 350 black-and-white photographs and over 300 drawings including 50 pages of 1:35 scale drawings and 12 pages of color profiles.

The book covers all major variants and sub-variants including the KV-1, KV-1S, KV-85, KV-2, KV-8 and SU-152.  It draws upon wartime Soviet documents and technical manuals, factory archive material and other primary source references to provide the most in-depth treatment of the KV series ever published.

The majority of the photographs come from private sources and less than 10% have been previously published.  They include rarely seen top views, interior photographs of the KV-1 and SU-152, along with previously unpublished photographs providing glimpses of the turret interior on the KV-2.

The book is currently available in Europe through AJ Press (see link below).  The first shipment to North America sold out immediately, and the publisher is awaiting the full shipment which we expect will arrive at the end of May, 2010.

The recommended retail price is $129.99 Canadian dollars.

The book is accompanied by a web site http://www.4bogreen.com containing modeling-related information including kit reviews, lists of available after-market products and tweaks lists.  By utilizing the web site to complement the book, the author and publisher can more easily include information about new kits and after-market products as they become available.

Trade and personal inquiries for the Americas and Asia/Pacific should be directed to AirConnection http://airconnection.on.ca and those for Europe should be directed to AJ-Press http://aj-press.home.pl