Bonus!!!!!

Rob Gronovius wrote:

When I got home to inspect the kit, there was a piece of styrofoam inserted in the lower hull and held in place with a rubber band. I cut the rubber band, and in between the styrofoam and hull was a high quality Soviet Guards badge. Real neat Cold War collectable.

That's really cool Rob!  Sometimes you find great stuff where you least expect it. 

Back in 2002 I won a Zvezda T-60 Soviet light tank at a model show raffle. The kit is normally on the top ten worst kit list, so I was not all that excited about drawing that kit.

The kit was an older issue that had a notice that it was not for sale outside of the Soviet Union.

When I got home to inspect the kit, there was a piece of styrofoam inserted in the lower hull and held in place with a rubber band. I cut the rubber band, and in between the styrofoam and hull was a high quality Soviet Guards badge.

Real neat Cold War collectable.