I understand. A few of my decal manufacturing friends have mentioned that to get rich in this industry is to start out rich. 
It’s all for the love of the hobby.
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The parcel arrived on Friday. My wife asked me if I had ordered bricks!
So far I’ve been only able to skim it and read a few select chapters that are of particular interest to me. I’m very impressed!
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I control my heart, but SWMBO controls the wallet! 
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My book will be here the end of September through David Doyle Books. Total USA price - $230. I already put $50 down on it so $180 on delivery. That’s only three kits. Not a big expenditure. I look forward to having this tome in my library and accurizing the eight KV kits that I have in my stash.
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OK, fair enough, but I have to disagree his view on available kits in the 1:35 scale.
As already noted above, the Trumpeter kits 00311, 00312 and 00356 to 00360 were well researched, especially considering the time they were released. Of course there are flaws, but no reason to slam them like he did.
His praise for Tamiya is a straight facepalm. The KV-1 had countless flaws: features don’t match the well known pictures of this particular tank at all. The KV-2 was much better, but it also cost much more than Trumpeter’s 00312 for not much value added.
He mentions Bronco, but they have (had?) only the KV-85 and two variants of the SU-152.
Rye Field has the best kits at the moment. The second kit with the reinforced cast turret is a variant not described in Neil Stokes’ book, but fortunately this one: it’s the 2nd batch of reinforced cast turrets with the two “chins” on the overhang, but yet without interlocked turret roof.
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They have the KV -122 as well.
I totally agree on the Tamiya kits, they are not as good as the equivalent trumpeter kits.
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