So this morning was pretty average. woke up to a phone call from the director of the musical I am currently in, telling me I was in a rehearsal all day Sunday. Not a great start. Trundled down the stairs for my morning coffee and breakfast in not what I would call a particularly brilliant mood and put the kettle on. Then there was the knock at the door. The Knock. That knock I had been excited about since I placed my order the previous week. I had forgotten:
It Was Comet day!
Comet No.21 was home. Considering shes my 21st birthday present to myself, I think its a pretty apt number as well!
Never have I been so happy to see a UPS truck. So in the normal way the boxes were heaved into the house and taken upstairs to my bedroom come workshop.
Hastily I cut the tape keeping me out of the boxes of goodies that lay before me and suddenly there she was. My comet, yeah okay she's in a million pieces but that wont be for long!
Anyway long story short this is me checking in. I'm not sure when the build will start but the moment I get a chance I will begin. I have studied every Comet build on this forum, and if my work can reach half the standard of some of the masterpieces on this forum, I will be a very proud guy. I feel privileged to be on a forum with such a wealth of expert knowledge.
I have had a few thoughts about markings etc. I guess the best way to describe my choice is fictional. She will most likely be a tank from the 29th armoured brigade, 11th Armoured division 3 RTR in Germany, early 1945. She will However be named " Jet ".
Attached are a couple of photos with Terry, Jets commander ( we modellers have a great imagination).
I still think my Armortek cap is a little too big for him though!
but a big heavy armortek tank model is way up on the list! 
. hopefully the girlfriend will take notice and learn what a real birthay present is hahaha!