I forgot I wanted to ask anyone.. is there a difference in putting the input capacitor and the input resistor in series in a different order? I put the resistor before the cap as I saw in your FZ-1A, but different from the schematic of the Olson. not difficult to change it anyway. just curious
The order of a resistor and capacitor in series shouldn't make any difference. Your layout should work as is.
The interesting thing about this circuit is the 1.5V supply. Probably best to use a battery, but you could also use a voltage regulator if you needed to go from 9V power supply to 1.5V.