> This was what I did, and 1206 is pretty easy to solder.  But the PCB  
> footprint of a 1206 package is annoyingly about the same size as a  
> vertically-mounted resistor, so you end up exerting more effort for  
> not much space saving (except ... flatter.)

IME the freeing up of the other PCB side is a great help.

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