Question as in topic. Have you made those kits? Is fitting good? etc.

I've built the BT-5. Is the fit good? No. Did I buy another anyway? Yes. Then I bought their BT-2. Fit looks even worse with the new parts.

I can't comment on their BT-7 kit.

All I can offer is: if you love the subject, and there is no alternative, build it and have fun. It's an awfully cool-looking tank.

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The BT-5 is chunky and the hull is slightly too long. The BT-7 does not include the later short-pitch tracks, so the Eastern Express kit is a better choice, if you can find it (fit is rough on EE's, but the detailing is pretty good).

Are the Zvezda tracks rubber or plastic link?

Link and length styrene.

If you are used to Eastern European "flat panel" molding then the Zvezda/Italeri BT- 2/5/7 kits are okay but not great. They are completely buildable if you're not afraid of a little putty and sanding work. They are good looking kits of cool looking tanks.

I've built the BT-7, with moderate success. Every single flat panel of the hull was warped, and I had to use quite a lot of rubber bands and plastic shims on the inside to keep them together. The tracks did't fit together without sanding the interleaving "fingers" on each one a bit, so I copped out and built them stowed on the fenders.

That being said, it was my first 1/35 tank, and one that in the end, looks rather good, considering. The kit comes with a 4-man tank crew, of which I ended up using only one, sitting in the turret hatch and yelling something to his comrades inside.



There are numerous flaws in the model, the first one being that the front roadwheel hubs don't rotate, which means mine are out askew. The vinyl netting for the exhaust grille was a horrible pain to work with, too.

Second picture

I do want to build another one, probably a BT-5 with the early turret, or a very late BT-7.

Thanks for your opinions. I'll think the buy again and make a decision after taking a look to a box.

I have build the Zvezda BT-5 and I can agree with what has been said above. It requires some work and some filling of seems etc. but in the end it makes up for a nice little kit.
The decals is a high point. Strong and very thin. They settle well on the surface.