Project: Reality Bytes

[The boy 4rm oz]

Mate long time no see lol. Good to see your mod back on track. Looks fantastic.

[Xperiment]

Update: Mirror Acrylic

Today I received the AC Ryan Mirrored Acrylic I ordered a few days ago.
When I was reading through the advertising for it I was quite excited to read it was both a 2 way mirror whilst being see-though at the same time. There were a few areas of the case that I wanted to hide from view and other that I wanted to be more visible, so this product seemed like the perfect answer.

The 3 main areas I wanted to apply this acrylic are:
- Below the four 4"UV cathodes next to the power supply
- Behind the 3.5" bays, around the pump
- Above the radiator on the inside rear of the case

So after a few quick measurements and a few minutes with the jigsaw I had 3 pieces of acrylic ready to install in the case. I used double sided pads (that came with some cathodes) to secure the pieces in place, I had to cut the pads into thin strips so they could not be easily seen through the acrylic but at the same time give the pieces enough support.

To be honest I was amazed at how clear the mirror image was on these pieces, being acrylic I expected it to be less clear than a glass mirror however it is very difficult to tell the difference.

Pictures of the 3 areas where the acrylic was used can be seen below, hope you like the effect.

3.5" Drive Bays

Below UV Cathodes

Rear of Case above Radiator

Its hard to show the full effect in picture form but I think you get the idea, the reflections give alot more depth to the case and help to bounce the UV light around lighting up areas that were kept in the shadows before.
I will hopefully have my PS1 LCD screen delivered in the next few days. I plan to hook this up to VGA and mount it in the front panel of the case.

Thanks For Reading

[The boy 4rm oz]

That stuff looks really fantastic, makes cases look a lot bigger and ads depth. Have you had any progress with your side panel yet?

[Xperiment]

@ The boy 4rm oz - Thanks, Fingers crossed the 4 sheets of perspex I ordered should be here today so I can at least start marking some measurements out. I will of course post pics along the way.

[The boy 4rm oz]

Awesome, your concept pics looked awesome, can't wait to see how it turns out .

[Xperiment]

Shouldn't be too long now, less than 10 minutes after my post the delivery man paid me a visit.

1 x AC Ryan Smoked Black Acrylic
1 x AC Ryan Clear Acrylic

Just need some 'pure' black acrylic now. TBH I was hoping the AC Ryan Smoked black would be a little more black and not quite as see through. I will have a play around with it though, I'm sure mounting something behind it will help.

[The boy 4rm oz]

Nice plexi, I just stole offcuts from school lol. If you are mounting that smoked black plexi right in front of something black it will appear darker but if UV light is closer it will shine straight through it.

[Xperiment]

Ok this afternoon I have been working on a template for what will form the inner part of the side panel. Its basically just a cut sheet of black acrylic which will hide areas such as the side of the PSU and the sides of the rear fans, along with the sides of the 3.5"/5" drive bays.

I have made a cardboard template of the shape I want to use and placed it in the case. Now I cant decide if I am happy with the shape and if it fits the 'shape theme' of the overall build. . . .

Opinions / suggestions would be gratefully received, some pictures:

[TEAMIKKE]

I would make it longer. Drill 2 holes in it on the right where the tubing will go trough. Lett it go on until you hit that plate of Uv-green plexie with the fans.
Same for the left site.

Paint:

Altough there is a chance that it will look a bit ''small''.

[The boy 4rm oz]

The res is going to be mounted vertically so he needs room for the tubing. You could also use some green thumb screws on your PCI slots to make it look a bit more interesting, I am using blue ones in my mod and it is an easy way of giving a dull area of the case some class .