dash69,
I can't comment on the KV-1 ( don't have one yet) but wanted to say that when it first came out, I thought it was the ugliest tank there was. Since then it has grown on me quite a bit. In fact I'm torn over what tank to get next, a PZ III to go with my PZ IV ( depicted in 1943 battle of kursk with side skirts ( I think the skirts make the PZ 's look so cool ), or the KV-1 to go against my battle of Kursk PZ IV. Oh my decisions decisions.

Jim