If it isn’t Zionazi freaks, anti-communist fascists, or dog-whistling Ukranazis it’s few and far between you find someone who’s into military stuff that isn’t throwing up the roman salute.
Big shoutout to local hero @Tervell@hexbear.net for reminding me that not all mil geeks are blood and soil weirdos.
I just wish someone made high quality model kits of Soviet planes and tanks lol
Tamiya has a lot of kits in a variety of scales that are meant to be accurate display pieces. They often feature etched and die-cast metal for sharper details. Unfortunately, they’ve discontinued a lot of their Soviet stuff. I’m not sure if they’re doing redesigns or pulled them altogether. You’ll still find T-34 variants, though.
Rubicon Models does high quality 1/56 scale Soviet tanks (and trucks!). They pretty frequently have sales where kits drop down to like $15~$20 from $35. I have an ISU from them, but I haven’t put it together yet.
Warlord has decent models, but they’re often missing specific details of other manufacturers. The upside was being decently priced until rather recently. I have this KV-1/KV-2 I did: