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KV-2 in October gallery

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KV-2 in October gallery
Posted by ozzman on Saturday, September 17, 2011 11:12 AM

Was the slogan on the tank's side included in the decals, or was it home made? When translated into Russian, it's complete nonsense. Otherwise, great build!

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  • From: Texas
Posted by wbill76 on Saturday, September 17, 2011 11:56 AM

Probably...kit manufacturers are notorious for just making up Cyrillic gibberish and slapping those decals in their kits. Wink

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Posted by the doog on Saturday, September 17, 2011 5:09 PM

Ha ha--I have to laugh, because to be honest, I would sometimes cut up those cyrillic decals and slap 'em together just to have a different word on MY model, lol! Whistling

99% of the people looking at it didn't know any better anyway!

 

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  • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
Posted by tigerman on Saturday, September 17, 2011 9:30 PM

Unless you speak Russian, would you know the difference?

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 Eric 

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  • From: Austin, TX
Posted by DoogsATX on Saturday, September 17, 2011 9:35 PM

Even if you did speak Russian, would you know the difference? Stick out tongue

On the Bench: 1/32 Trumpeter P-47 | 1/32 Hasegawa Bf 109G | 1/144 Eduard MiG-21MF x2

On Deck:  1/350 HMS Dreadnought

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Posted by shoot&scoot on Sunday, September 18, 2011 12:03 AM

Yes, I would................

                                

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Posted by ozzman on Sunday, September 18, 2011 9:41 AM

I do speak Russian, and I just wanted to point it out. For authenticity's sake.

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Posted by the doog on Sunday, September 18, 2011 9:44 AM

ozzman

I do speak Russian, and I just wanted to point it out. For authenticity's sake.

Actually, it's probably good that you did! I could see some Russian Armor enthusiast getting that put on his license plate or painting it on the side of his motorcycle helmet or something similar and then finding out that he's been duped! lol!

It's quite a cool language!

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  • From: Austin, TX
Posted by DoogsATX on Monday, September 19, 2011 11:07 PM

Stick out tongue = not serious post - apologies if anybody didn't read it as such.

In all seriousness, when I was building my La-5, the AML decals actually got high marks in reviews for being actual Cyrillic characters that formed actual words that matched or said mostly the same things as the slogans on the aircraft in the wartime photos. So yeah...I guess that kind of fudging is really common!

On the Bench: 1/32 Trumpeter P-47 | 1/32 Hasegawa Bf 109G | 1/144 Eduard MiG-21MF x2

On Deck:  1/350 HMS Dreadnought

Blog/Completed Builds: doogsmodels.com

 

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