Well, no amount of rotating/yoga/3Dgymnastics lets me place the edcor OT where I want to so......New OT on the way!
In the meantime, here are the major parts I am using:
PT- Allied Electronics 6K88VG (bought from a nice memeber here

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Input-HA-100X copy
https://www.studioelectronics.biz/sunshop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1210 I got this for $100 on ebay which was weird and a little ordeal.
OT- I just ordered the Sowter 1290 *yeah!*
http://www.sowter.co.uk/specs/1290.html This should hoooopefully satisfy my desire for a superb noise floor.
T4B- from the mighty Kenetek
http://www.kenetek.com via his ebay store. I think I chose the default "middle" speed... cause I am so vanilla.
Trimmer caps- ARCO 465 from Surplus Sales of Nebraska
http://www.surplussales.com/Variables/Compression/CompCap1.html I'm excited to include these and learn something from testing.
As of this moment, with no tubes (but I have all of them already 'cept the 12BH7) and no meter *ahem...is my plan slowly revealing itself

* I have spent around $400.
The only passives left to buy are some blingy PEC pots, two 33uf/450v caps, two spst carling switches.
The 7 pin socket was an old cinch socket from the fleamarket. cinch sockets are the f-ing best

DIY was good to me in 2017, I sold 4 of the 6N1P tube DIs with Flux-Master CJs custom iron, and my homage to a two channel Vox ef86 and top boost amp with glow to the music skull eyes visual feature
That's been my little fund I have been raiding to do this and buy some books.
tbc!
keep soldering your dreams...(that makes no sense)
Andy