Kevin Brant reviews the Zvezda KV-2.

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" I have not seen the Trumpeter kit, so I cannot draw a comparison, I will leave it up the builder to decide."

Hi Kevin!

I have one from Trumpeter, and I assure you, is far better than this Zvezda KV. An example - the molded tracks (length and link ) had the sag.

Another thing - the lower hull in in a single piece, with helps a lot in the building process.

And I don't know why all KV's manufactures include a decal sheet with soviet slogans. There's was no soviet KV's with marks like that, only the captured by Germans.

It's neat that they include part of the interior, but it seems pretty sparse. It also looks like the engine screens are the incorrect late version. Nice review!

Just picked this kit up today . You get a choice of two road wheel styles . The barrel is in 3 pieces , like the early Trumpeter version . For some reason the turret has lift hooks on the front corners and the rear over the hatch , none of the books I have show this ( TankPower KW vol 1,2,3 & the new KB-2 book by M.V. Kolomiets ) , maybe a German addition ? Interior detail concists of periscopes , machine guns , vision port covers and some detail on the gun breach and mount . But what do you want for $30. I'm gonna have fun building this , and thats what this hobby is all about . I would give this kit a 6.5 out of 10