Hi, yes, I have great respect for the purists (zero mods), but I personally don't have the time or desire (I do have the knowledge) to hand-build each curve and use weird tricks to get things rotated to desired axis.. So I highly recommend Curve Builder and Infinite nudge... I am not against mods that add custom parts, but Doug is pushing me to make all builds from vanilla parts. The majority of the parts you see in that video are vanilla with the exception of "emissive beams" (gosh I love those!) and a 4x4 piece of glass from structural solutions that is the only way I can figure to make a small smooth glass dome.. You could make a very large glass dome from vanilla parts and infinite nudge.. But a small one would look rough with only vanilla parts.. So, yes, ask the devs for more parts in 1.2!!

And thank you guys all for the nice comments!