1/35 Zvezda IS-2: Build and Review

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00:00 Introduction
02:32 Hull
05:49 Undercarriage
08:20 Turret
11:55 Painting
13:49 Miscellaneous
15:13 Markings
16:58 Weathering
19:34 Presentation
20:45 Credits
Ask any young WWII buff about tanks, and they will doubtlessly tell you about how cool the German heavy tanks were: you got your Panthers, your Tigers, your King Tigers. Immense steel beasts introduced in the middle of the war that terrorized the Allies, who only had medium and light tanks. And to some degree, this is true. No other nation produced and implemented heavy tanks to the degree that the Germans did; America had Pershings only for a few months before the war ended, and the British really only had the Churchill, both of which lived in the relatively tiny shadow of the Sherman.
No other nation, that is, except for the Soviets.
The Soviets employed the Kliment Voroshilov series of tanks to great effect in their Antifa antics, though in small numbers when compared to the ubiquitous T-34. At the time of their introduction, both the KV-1 and 2 were almost impenetrable, and their guns were on equal footing with, or superior to, anything the Germans brought with them. But as the war progressed, guns got bigger and armor got thicker, and by 1942 the KV-1 was starting to lose its edge.
The T-34 was undergoing modernization trials of its own, and when you’re trying to build a heavy tank, it’s best to look at existing heavy tanks instead of trying to drag a medium tank into a higher weight class. While the KV-1 was starting to show its age, and the KV-2 was just a joke, the chassis still showed a lot of promise and the Soviet war department wasn’t keen on trashing production facilities if they didn’t need to. The decision was made to build a new heavy tank on the KV platform, and after a few iterations, the IS-2 was born.
The kit on the bench today is by Zvezda. Zvezda is a Russian manufacturer, and they primarily focus on Soviet or Russian vehicles. Despite the fact I’m essentially a full-on communist at this point, I was never really fascinated with Soviet tanks the same way I was with German or American tanks. I bought this with the intent to do it up in the livery of the Stalin from Girls Und Panzer, but through my research I came to a much greater appreciation than I had before. I took a really deep dive and learned a ton for this one, so break out your Adidas track pants and get ready to invade a Balkan State, we’re building an IS-2.
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SOURCES
1. Milsom, John. Russian Tanks 1900-1970. Galahad Books, 1970.
2. Chieftain and Sofilein IS-2: • Chieftain & Sofilein -...
3. Chieftain T-34/85 Part 2: • Inside the Chieftain's...
4. Soviet tank colors: matadormodels.co.uk/tank_museu...
5. Soviet tank colors: www.4bogreen.com/colors
6. IS-1 and IS-2 Experiments: www.tankarchives.ca/2018/01/se...
7. Heavy Tank Performance: www.tankarchives.ca/2016/07/so...
8. Memo on heavy tank usage: www.tankarchives.ca/2016/05/he...
9. D-25 against big cats: www.tankarchives.ca/2013/03/is...
10. Polar bear marking: wio.ru/tank/oz/7gottb-en.htm
11. Polar bear marking: www.o5m6.de/redarmy/is2_polar...
12. Engine restoration: • 38,8 liter V12 tank en...
13. IS-3 startup: • IS-3 Soviet Heavy Tank...
14. Russian site I can’t read: army.lv/ru/is-2/shemi/631/546#...
15. Another Russian site: bronetehnika.narod.ru/is2/is2....
16. Kolobanov’s Tank: www.tankarchives.ca/2015/09/ko...
17. Chieftain ISU-152: • Inside the Chieftain's...
18. Running: • Czołg IS-2 - pierwsza ...

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@bk109 3 жыл бұрын

By the way, if anyone's too lazy to mix their own 4BO (like me) or are doing a run of Soviet AFVs - Mr Hobby's H320 (Semi-Gloss Dark Green) or H512 (Matt post '47 4BO) are a great fit especially after applying some matt varnish. Plus, just like NPF-10 (the successor base colour), the actual colour varied wildly based on both manufacturer/lot and thanks to its reaction to the elements according to appropriately enough - www.4bogreen.com/colors :D

@lappin6482 3 жыл бұрын

well done love the history clips in between the build, keep it up

@ryannightingale2457 3 жыл бұрын

Dude I dig your videos. Keep it up. The historic references and detailed description make it very interesting.

@gordonfreeman9506 2 жыл бұрын

Nice painting dude 👍From Russia with respect

@maxrockantasky1348 2 жыл бұрын

great video and great sense of humor 🤣🍻👍

@guidodejong8539 3 жыл бұрын

The genius decision to handpaint with low blood sugar !!

@cjkirkland2334 3 жыл бұрын

I really enjoy the historic narrative you add to the video’s, mixed in with your humor. Keep up the great work.

@tenzawa4100 3 жыл бұрын

Nice work mate! Waiting for your next video

@jaydonbaha 3 жыл бұрын

Great video very engaging! Keep up the great work my man

@jsidaho1957 3 жыл бұрын

Great video and build of a rough kit. Thanks and you definitely earned a subscription!

@x9lt231 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great and entertaining video! Especially enjoyed historical snippets. I'm planning on buying Tamiya's 1/35 IS-2 for my first model and definitely gonna try out the 4bo color mix and the chalk pastel weathering method!

@reikawahara770 Жыл бұрын

Wow ! Epic build, crazy skill, and fascinating historical facts tying it all together.

@7Markandrews 3 жыл бұрын

Another brilliantly well narrated excellent video young man. Love your videos

@robertlooper135 3 жыл бұрын

Dude I stumbled across your channel without looking at any of your numbers, and honestly I'm shocked that you havent blown. Up. With your presentation, research and modelling skill. You my good friend, have a brand new subscriber

@semperfish2264 2 жыл бұрын

Fabulous video. Very informative. Great presentation. Love the music , love the jokes especially the low sugar line. Been there done that. Keep up the great work and thank you.

@michaelkang891 3 жыл бұрын

Love the video Man, enjoy the history and humour! Hope to see more Vids

@nicolasberlinger6438 2 жыл бұрын

Got back into modelling after a 30 year hiatus. Your work is awesome and instructive (both technically AND historicaly!). Keep it up!

@Toni_G_Castroviejo 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome work and great work with the video, mate! Well done! :)

@Sacrilege7294 2 жыл бұрын

I love your videomaking, man. It was a joy to watch.

@richardbaxter2057 Жыл бұрын

Great video and really useful for me....too late as I’ve already forked out for the Tamiya IS2 but I’ll look at Zvezda’s other tanks now! ATB and thanks again! 👍🏻👍🏻

@ovidiuschley3346 3 жыл бұрын

Great work my friend , the IS-2 from Zvezda at 1/35 scale is a fantastic kit and the final result is really cool and amazing . Thank you for sharing !🥇🏆👍👏👏👏🎩👌✌️

@marvinbanka7592 8 ай бұрын

Love these types of kits.

@tofathi195 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@pedroalbicastrense353 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful build for an old kit, the result is top

@neilhart903 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent build and video well done .

@jantimmer5558 3 жыл бұрын

That is great!

@mic3l Жыл бұрын

You did well, I like it

@Dabeast984 3 жыл бұрын

I builded mine thank to your references, thank you!

@ZTEWorks 3 жыл бұрын

Happy to have helped!

@allgood6760 5 ай бұрын

Nice work 👍🇳🇿

@martinoconnor4314 Жыл бұрын

Great video, thanks. I've just bought this kit, not only because its cheap and a Russian tank, its also not a T34, but the main reason is because its a Zvezda kit. I've seen that many vids about Zvezda kits claiming that they are either brilliant or absolute rubbish that I decided to see for myself what they are like. I just don't get much of an urge to want to build the more common thanks like T34's or Sherman's, I'm more attracted to "Ugly" if you know what I mean. Thanks for the info on the build, you've saved me a whole heap of time searching the www.

@ZTEWorks Жыл бұрын

Currently working on a Zvezda T-34/85 and it’s much better technically than the IS-2, almost as good as a Tamiya. But then again, the T-34/85 is like 20 years newer than the IS-2.

@HissyCat Жыл бұрын

Nice build of a cool tank. I am a ww2 Russian Armor fan and enjoyed the video very much.

@anonmouse2809 5 сағат бұрын

Enjoy your work! Please cover the classic Italeri Pz4 F2/G

@pbldiaz28 3 жыл бұрын

Good work mate, love your reaserch, cause idk what half the stuff on a tank is just looks cool haha.

@ZTEWorks 3 жыл бұрын

Pretty much the whole reason I started doing this was because I asked "what is this part and what does it do" too much. In the past, I used to just skip a bunch of parts on more frustrating builds and inevitably ended up leaving out something essential.

@pbldiaz28 3 жыл бұрын

@@ZTEWorks see I end up going the other way, and end up adding as many of the bits as I can, or mixing and matching what ever options are giving in a nonsensical way cause I don't know why they are there xD

@furrysharker 3 жыл бұрын

Glad to see you back!

@7Markandrews 3 жыл бұрын

I continue to watch your tank build Zak, I think I've watched this over a dozen times it's so entertaining and I'm an aircraft builder so it must be good! Dashuka. Did you ever get the book you ordered? Keep this kind of video coming. I'm not a TV watcher, I'm a KZfaq watcher and I find myself repeatedly watching your vids. So informative and the dialogue is excellent. Cheers bud

@ZTEWorks 3 жыл бұрын

I received a notification that it shipped not too long ago, but still no sign of it! At least it was a library loan and not like an Amazon order.

@Android-rz8mb Жыл бұрын

Just subscribed

@7Markandrews 3 жыл бұрын

Fk me I love you lol. You're the best ! Sharing to our scale model club Sesku & Hemsworth community scale model club as we have tank builders on board who'd love to see this. Keep the videos coming. Don't change a thing, they're mint !

@MH-ih4le 3 жыл бұрын

Good vid actually planing on building a is 2 now and maybe build a stug 4 next

@themajesticmagnificent386 2 жыл бұрын

We also did have the comet🇬🇧👍

@kalamar_from_slovakia Ай бұрын

For the first few minutes I forgot I was watching a video about building a tank model lol

@ritaheggdal453 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video, man. It's a shame you don't post more often, and that you don't build more of these underappreciated models.

@ZTEWorks 2 жыл бұрын

I really would like to post more often, but my life is just so hectic right now I barely have time to relax let alone do the things I want to do. Nevertheless I truly appreciate the support and kind words.

@ritaheggdal453 2 жыл бұрын

@@ZTEWorks well, I have subscribed and hit that bell icon. Here's hoping you get more time! Fantastic that you actually used those stiff kit vinyl tracks.

@bk109 3 жыл бұрын

14:24 So that's what B27 was supposed to be! Honestly, I wouldn't have guessed that it was a marker light so thanks for the tip! By the way - this is definitely one of the old kits (that are getting phased out by Zvezda), because at the same price point the new SU100 and T-34-85 (I read somewhere that the 36xx kits are the new tooling 1/35ths) are markedly better and from my quick rummage through the boxes for the Pz. IV Ausf. H and the T-35 may even be better. The manuals are nowhere near as godawful as the IS-2's, but leave room for improvement - I'd love if they borrow the manual style from Revell, where the build's broken into more discrete steps than go for the Italeri of old's from 0 to Hood in 3.5 easy steps they used to do :D

@ZTEWorks 3 жыл бұрын

Currently working on a newer production T-34/85 and it is WORLDS better than their IS-2. That’ll be a video later, so look forward to it!

@bk109 3 жыл бұрын

@@ZTEWorks Looking forward to it... and not just because I'll probably shamelessly 'borrow' some of the weathering ideas :D Btw, the periscopes in the kit that you couldn't place are from the ISU-152 kit that shares some of the sprues, similarly to the SU-100 has extra tools (shovel / saw / etc) that will come really useful on the IS-2 :D

@ZTEWorks 3 жыл бұрын

Those periscopes are great little details for such an old kit. Luckily they look very similar to American periscopes, so they might end up on a Sherman or something.

@bk109 3 жыл бұрын

@@ZTEWorks They look very similar, because everyone copied the design from the Polish. Everyone as in literally everyone, lol, because the Western Allies licensed and mass produced the design, the Germans captured the original manufacturing line and the Russians had the design both from the partitioning of Poland AND admit to copying the bugger off of Lend-Lease tanks so you can use those wherever ;)

@manpreetkhattra3853 3 жыл бұрын

Is 2 is just as cool as the king tiger also 122mm boomstaick

@Epsy-hb4uc 3 жыл бұрын

i'm leaving a like just for the reference too girls und panzer, nice video though.

@ZTEWorks 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve got a Girls Und Panzer video if that’s what you’re looking for! As well, more GUP is coming.

@theleninist4272 3 жыл бұрын

I believe the kit was released in the mid 90s , ok kit for the time it was released , better to spend a bit more and get the Tamiya version .

@ZTEWorks 3 жыл бұрын

Scalemates says the first release was in 1994, so you’re dead-on! At some point I’d like to build the Tamiya version, but other things have caught my eye at the moment.

@TheMoistestNugget 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve had the same problem with the hull assembly, if you could clarify how to cut the bottom half into the proper shape i would greatly appreciate it!

@ZTEWorks 3 жыл бұрын

Do you mean joining the upper and lower halves?

@TheMoistestNugget 3 жыл бұрын

@@ZTEWorks yes

@TheMoistestNugget 3 жыл бұрын

@@ZTEWorks I just want to make sure i’ve got the right idea before i try to do anything with it

@ZTEWorks 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheMoistestNugget Most of the material I had to trim off was from the upper corner of hull, underneath where the top deck and glacis meet. Take it slow and keep test-fitting! If you can, try to make note of where the contact points are.

@TheMoistestNugget 3 жыл бұрын

@@ZTEWorks ah ok, thanks for the video by the way it was really helpful!

@beaverdam1199 Жыл бұрын

I don’t have the instructions for this kit as I found the box in an old shed. I’m perfect condition but dosent have it’s instructions. Please release a full build video man, I desperately want too build this mighty tank but can’t, thanks broski 🇦🇺

@ZTEWorks Жыл бұрын

I think I kept the instructions, let me see if I can find them!

@beaverdam1199 Жыл бұрын

@@ZTEWorks Thanks man!

@ZTEWorks Жыл бұрын

@Beaver Dam Got it! DM me on Twitter and I’ll shoot them over to you.

@user-cg7zw3nh8r 8 ай бұрын

can you please make a video on the fury at 20:09

@ZTEWorks 7 ай бұрын

One of the video ideas I’ve been playing around with is modeling all five of the Sherman tanks in Fury. I might do that, but it’ll be a lot of work.

@user-cg7zw3nh8r 7 ай бұрын

@@ZTEWorks pls do that. It whould be super unique and interesting

@danieldzwonczyk5870 5 ай бұрын

Model very nice but trucks need to be changed ;)

@user-dl7go1ls5i 2 жыл бұрын

I want buy IS-2 Plastic model. ZVEZDA IS-2 Quality for the price is good? TAMIYA is to expensive.....

@ZTEWorks 2 жыл бұрын

For the price, I would say it’s very good.

@kal.50bmg32 9 ай бұрын

20:50 This guy looks like some kind of reserve Jesus ...

@furrysharker 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe an Italian or Japanese AFV build next?

@ZTEWorks 3 жыл бұрын

I wish there were more options on the market for Italian and Japanese AFVs. There are so few to choose from. Nevertheless, I have been wanting to build a Type 95 or a Type 97.

@Millwrightbob 3 жыл бұрын

@@ZTEWorks take a look at Amusing Hobby, they have some of the late war heavy TDs that Japan hoped for. Takom does some 1/16 stuff that sounds huge until you realize the subjects are tiny. Good stuff sir.

@mtaylor44 3 жыл бұрын

Fine Molds has a nice selection of 1/35 Japanese tank kits, and they are of excellent quality too. You might have better luck finding them on eBay if you are outside Japan (if you want local shipping), otherwise, you can look at places like HobbyLink Japan. With Fine Molds, Tamiya, Dragon, and Amusing, you will have plenty of choices. Fine Molds and Dragon make excellent Type 95 and 97s. The Tamiya Type 97 is a bit dated, but it is far cheaper than the other two.

@ZTEWorks 3 жыл бұрын

@@mtaylor44 Yeah shipping from Japan is NUTS. It took like two months for my GUP Panzer IV to arrive and the total was around $90. I’ve seen the Fine Molds stuff around, but never taken the plunge. I might have to do that soon. Or maybe a comparison video between Tamiya and FM?

@mtaylor44 3 жыл бұрын

@@ZTEWorks I get my Fine Molds kits via eBay (I have 4 unbuilt right now on the shelf). Sometimes you can get some cheap or free postage charges from Japan on eBay. I am an American but living in the UK right now. Shipping between the US and UK is outrageous too. Most of the time it isn't worth it. I get my Russian kits direct from Russia. Prices and shipping are very good but shipping times vary greatly. From the same Russian seller it one model took 11 days and then another order two weeks later took 7 weeks (covid delay) to get to my door. If you were to compare the Tamiya and Fine Molds Type 97 you will find the Tamiya kit is much older and has less detail, but the Fine Molds kits are 2-3 times more expensive. Both are well-engineered and go together nicely. So it really comes down to how much detail you want and how much you are willing to spend to get it. Dragon's Type 97 is probably the best, but it costs around 4 times as much as the Tamiya kit. Oh, btw, loved your video! I opted to get the Tamiya JS-2 instead. The Zvezda kit is OK, especially for the price, but it is older and you do get what you pay for. You pointed out all the things to look for and consider. Their newer kits are much better. I use Scalemates to make sure they are new molds and not reissues. For example, their new Sherman M4A2 is new and looks really nice, but their "new" ZSU-23-4 is the old Dragon kit. Lots of companies are doing this and it is a pretty common business practice.