Hi Patrick, couldn't resist after all the great work you've put into this!
So I did the 'tour' in pretty good skies tonight, 4.5" f8 reflector and 21mm eyepiece (43x). NGC 346 is a bright patch of nebulosity but I couldn't pick up the fainter extensions. NGC 371 showed as a reasonably bright nebulous patch and I was quite taken with the view, more subtle than 346. NGC 395 was just visible but the nebulosity was quite clear in averted vision. Lindsay 84 was harder again, difficult in direct vision but easier in averted vision. NGC 330 was easy, a bright small object at the low mag I was using, round with a brighter centre.
Then it got tougher! I could see NGC 411 in averted vision as a tiny dim patch but I didn't really get a glimpse of nearby NGC 422. NGC 361 was visible in averted vision, maybe a little more difficult than 411. IC 1624 was just visible, but of the triangle of tiny clusters near NGC 346, I could only clearly see IC 1611 (averted vision). Lindsay 56 was a fairly easy get but tiny and almost star-like. Didn't see a sign of Kron 50.
On another note, I tried for comet C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS) tonight to see if it was in visual range of a small scope, and lo-and-behold I did manage to see it! But barely. It's a bad position for me, low in the west after sunset and in the skyglow from town. I could see it fairly well but only while moving the field or tapping the eyepiece. As soon as I stopped any movement I couldn't really pick anything out. Should be a reasonable easy get in a bigger scope, but it is fast disappearing from our southern skies.
Thanks again Patrick, more power to you!
Cheers -