T-55 additions

Just a few changes to the T-55 before I varnished it...

Using Tamiya Weathering Master pastels I added 'soot' around the exhaust...

...and around the gun muzzle
I also decided to make the tracks look a little less rubbery and gave them a drybrush of Boltgun Metal followed by another Weathering pastel (mud)...

Number 386 is now ready for battle!!!

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