Sry I haven't posted before, but i have been following all of you guy's great work. And i plan on eventually building my own 1088XEL and 1088XLD.
But, I have experience soldering this size pitch, and even smaller, by hand for where I used to work. Believe me, it took a lot of practice to do it right the first time. I could do it, if I had the equipment and solder and flux (which i don't). So, i'll have to look into getting the equipment first. Then look into the right solder and flux.