Well, maybe not the death but holidays do seem to really kill the chance to get anything done. I’ve constructed the paper model and that’s about as far as everything has gone.

I did manage to find a soldering gun buried in one of my closets so that puts me one step closer to where I need to be. I’ve decided that once I get the solder I’m giving up on the search for tin plate sources and I’m going to start using recycled tin (cans and such).