Heirloom Neon Blinking Lights

This project requires soldering so it may not be quite as simple to build as it may at first appear.
However if you do choose to build one it can be visually rewarding and will last for many, many years.
Because of the nature of neon bulbs, and assuming that the capacitors are chosen carefully, the battery pack should last for basically its shelf life which could literally be measured in decades.
Hence the "heirloom" in the project name (and it sort of looks old-fashioned anyway).

If designed with LEDs it would be more complex to build and battery life would be weeks or months instead of decades.
Neon lights still have a place in the present day.

**Batteries-**
The CR2032 batteries I used here can be obtained from various sources including the one mentioned below for about $15 for 50 batteries (you actually need only 48 of them for this project).
Although at retail prices they would be ridiculously expensive, they are in fact good and economical choices when purchasing in b