WILLYS – OVERLAND (CANADIAN)

Willys-Overland (Canadian) — a specialist AK Interactive publication

This is a book, not a model or a kit. According to the name, the subject of the title is the light cross-country vehicle Willys-Overland in its Canadian form. The publication follows on from the AK Interactive book range, which has long been devoted to military hardware and its rendering in scale. The extent, the language of the edition and the number of pages are stated in the imprint and on the cover of the book.

The subject of the publication

• The light cross-country vehicle of the Willys-Overland make
• The Canadian form, as stated in the name of the title
• The publisher is AK Interactive, a brand focused on modeling and specialist literature

The real subject

Willys-Overland was an American carmaker whose name became associated the world over above all with the light cross-country vehicle of the Second World War. The vehicle arose in series of hundreds of thousands, served with practically every Allied army and after the war a whole category of civilian cross-country automobiles developed from its design. The Canadian branch of the make operated independently and supplied vehicles to the market of the British Commonwealth, so the form and equipment there differed in details from the American production.

Who the publication is for

For modelers who build Allied vehicles and want a reference for details and colors, and for those interested in the history of military automotive hardware. The book also suits as a companion to a collection of kits of this vehicle, of which there are a whole range on the market in various scales.