Use your imagination Jim...this vehicle has been sitting around in the field for a while unattended. As far as the patriotic slogans are concerned, that's what came with the kit so, I used them.
Also Jim, check out the pics on the trumpeter KV-1 1941 packaging box - those tracks are plenty rusty, far more than my build. In addition, I tried to get in touch with the guy named fickenfoo who also has a KV-2 with patriotic logos and a star. Might be time for the truth regarding this subject.
Charlie