I have a Hobby Boss BT-2 kit which I am building, and they have all versions of the BT-2 available, even though none of them have survived. But I’m sure there were some times the USSR used armor between Khalkin Gol and the Civil War.
I think you meant vice-versa - Khalkin Gol was 1939. The Russian (?) civil war was 1917 to 1922 or 1923. Otherwise your post makes no sense.
According to this website (which I Googled in 5 seconds)….
https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/soviet/soviet_bt-2.php
…”One of the first combat actions of the BT-2 was during the Soviet invasion of Poland, which started on 16 September 1939. As stated by Zaloga, of 1,764 BT tanks deployed in the campaign, 1,617 were newer BT-7 tanks and the remaining 147 were obsolete BT-2 and BT-5 tanks.”
I doubt that no Hobby Boss versions have survived, but several full-size BT-2’s have certainly survived – see Google Images for examples.
Please – what are you asking/saying which isn’t readily research-able? I think we’d all far prefer to see your build.
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Sometimes as I’ve seen there are bits of information that do not make it to the official sites.
It might be worth undertaking a modicum of research before tackling Armorama; it’s easy enough as Tim describes above. You can then devise your questions a little easier perhaps.
In any case, why not display your build? Not many I’m sure, have tackled this kit (or even be aware of the type of AFV it is) and even if a work-in-progress, will doubtless be of interest to us all.
There are a number of BT-7s, some BT-5s, but no true BT-2s to my knowledge. The one at Patriot park in Russia is thought to be a BT-5 hull with a BT-2 turret, necessitating a plate on the hull roof to fit the smaller turret that wasn’t there in reality. There might be a second BT-2 recently found or reconstructed but my memory is hazy.
KL
OK happy to defer to greater knowledge, I found that Kubinka example in 30 seconds. Whatever the case as to its identity, this was seemingly a subsidiary part of the OP’s posts. If he has found “bits of information that do not make it to the official sites” what are they about? BT-2s? Soviet use of armour (presumably in combat) 1923-1939? He originally said he was sure there were examples - why not share them with us instead of just flying vague kites? I’d certainly be interested.