[HBR] HBR 16 Owner Pondering Building My Own

[Freeberg, Scott (STP)]

Last night I spent some time browsing Kees HBR CD. I bought one from him last year in anticipation of building my own HBR.      

I enjoyed looking at all the HBR photo's.  I especially enjoyed seeing the 'new' HBRs that folks built.  Some of you guys are real mechanical craftsman!

Boy I dunno if I have the skills to build an HBR 11 or 16.  I'm really torn too because the HBR-16 that I own is a sweet sounding receiver on 80, 40, 20 meter cw and ssb.  I'd sure like to build a sweet sounding receiver too but not sure I have the ability to build a  complicated radio.

Of you guys that built your own HBR, were any of you mildly experienced or lightly experienced when starting out?  How did it go?  

73, Scott WA9WFA