Over the past few days I have nearly completed the Nixie clock...but not without some help from the kits creator Peter Jensen. I had some difficulty with the micro-controller (due to my own mistake, not due to Peter's kit design) and Peter provided me with excellent service, including some "free" replacement parts.
The clock is now functioning and keeping time perfectly, and it looks as cool in person as it does on Peter's website. Next step for me is to build the case, and then the clock is complete! I will post some photos when the case is finished.
This project did exactly what I wanted it to do, it taught me to work with SMDs, and next time my workmanship on these tiny solders will be much prettier! I highly recommend this kit.
