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Ice tube clock kit acquired! (and soldered)

So, I got myself an ice tube clock kit from adafruit. First impression is that it's smaller than expected! Looked a lot bigger on the pictures, but it's just the perfect size.

So I started right away with soldering it together. The first thing I figured was that I need a new soldering iron, and that lead free solder is difficult to solder with compared to 60/40 solder.
Would like one of the nice weller bases.

Overall the soldering took about 3 hours. The instructions were easy to follow, and had nice describing pictures.
Only drawback is that the plug that comes with it is US socket. But used a plug adapter and it worked here!

Overall I was more than pleased with the result! See attached pictures for the result! The clock even shows the date when you click a button on the back.