Hi mikeo,
Sadly that's been the case in most threads. People get all excited at the beginning and then lose interest or get side tracked, thus the thread goes cold and so do all us who've helped along the way.
Sometimes I wonder why we bother to be brutally honest.
The last successful thread on Model 45's was by the member "emk3" and was the following,
https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/u...sb-45-dual-project-newbie.html#Post78381Cheers,
BB.