All, thanks for everyone's very kind comments! They certainly are encouraging!
A few things i forgot to mention.
First, huge thanks to Stew Hart for his excellent set of drawings! They are really clear and easy to follow and of course his superb design is buildable for even a beginner like me! i'd encourage everyone to give his engine a try!
Next, there's one additional thing I'm going to do which is to have some small brass plaques made for each engine with the engine name, year of construction and my name. This is mostly for posterity, but I think it will look good. I saw someone else did this on their engines and I really liked it. Unfortunately i don't remember exactly where I saw it at.
Finally, I've decided on my next engine project. I'm going to order and attempt to build the PM Research #1 Steam Drilling Engine. I like the looks of it and I want to give working with castings a go. I anticipate the biggest issue will be workholding but I've started looking thru Bill Lindsey's build log of this engine and that will be a huge help I'm sure. I might be crazy but I'm also going to start on a Webster build but I want to build a model of it in Fusion 360 so I'll interspace CAD work with shop work which I think will work OK. Plus I'll start collecting the various pieces I'll need for the eventual build.
Again, thanks to all for looking at my build and for all the encouragement and kind words!
Mike