BTW, love the new addition of side blow holes and rings!
BTW, love the new addition of side blow holes and rings!
Cheers for the great replys guys
DaveW, the rings i brought (cut to size) from my local plex shop in syd.
Thyr glued into place using Weldon Glue. ( i decided not to run the rings, leaving the blow hole open actually suited the mod better in the end)
Tech-Daddy, Cheers mate thank you very much mate
BOSS is still my favourite mod and makes for the most wicked Wall paper
gobygoby, ty i usually use use a compressor and 2pack paint for my mods.
This time i thought i'd give good old acrylic rattle spray cans a go!
The shine and paint tuffness is no where near that of 2pack but with some elbow grease as you will see the end result came up not to bad
MDCS, no jig for me soz mate, just hand/eye stuff. a better way (for perfect lines) would have been to just score them.
Thanx again guys for the support
Last edited by jdbnsn; 02-17-2012 at 08:04 PM.
I procrastenated for days over wether to paint the chassis in 2pack or get it powder coated...
In the end i had a better idea!
A qik trip to my favourite place to pick up some pre-cut plex!
The plan was to buy some SILVER coloured plex....unfortunatly they don't stock a metalic silver... i had to improvise!!!
Crack the chassis open
abit of metal work
With the tab gone the back wall is flat and i can line it with plex sheeting.
The new back wall can be slid in.
a new base or floor panel is added
The back of the case is fitted back on and the motherboard is placed in for marking.
This mod will also have a motherbord cover! so a clear piece is used to transfer markings.
Last edited by jdbnsn; 02-17-2012 at 08:06 PM.
A cover is bentup to fit over the HDD bays *****im not happy with this and will redo the mod again******
The motherbord cover is marked and cut.
And fit tested.
The new panels are all taken out again and preped for and painted~
Because i could not buy silver plex the idea is to paint the back of the plex this will give the same effect as if the plex was silver.
For the silver im using cheep can enamel.
The painted panels are slid back into the partly painted chassis and the back of the case is pop rivoted back on.
Paper peeled off and board is place in.
Last edited by jdbnsn; 02-17-2012 at 08:09 PM.
With the motherboard in place it was time to work on the new style motherboard cover.
To keep in theme with the mod ive decided to add some contrast flames! the choice was to you cut plex flames, a soft yet classy aqua blue plex was opted for.
The edges are given a light sand
And then flame polished for a gloss shine.
@ Hex head bolts will be used to attach the flames, the original thought was to glue these one! but i plan on making a second set in smoked and have 2 sets for interchangable or overlayed flames!
Some mesh is glued onto the back for the north bridge
To hold the motherboard in place the old brass post is used.
Last edited by jdbnsn; 02-17-2012 at 08:11 PM.
At this point i need to move onto the PSU cover!
Again the original thought was to powdercoat chrome or paint the psu! i didnt want to goto the extreme of making a plex psu as i had done with hp3 so i thought a matching cover would be the way to go!
As i will show later, i needed a specific psu for this mod,
the pic of psu's wasnt the best of the bunch but it was the configuration for this mod.
The cover is basic in idea and design, so ive decided to add some fins!
i'd decided that the gold grill wouldnt work with all the silver in this mod, so some scrap hex mesh was added.
Next is to glue the cover togther.
Last edited by jdbnsn; 02-17-2012 at 08:13 PM.
The next step as with the other panels is to paint the inside of the psu cover.
The cover is plain! So to add some shape ive had 5mm strips cut in smoked plex.
These will be cut evenely placed and glued.
Some extra glue is added for strength.
Last edited by jdbnsn; 02-17-2012 at 08:14 PM.
Next is to repeat the same process across the Fan hole.
To add to the effect the edges are flamed to get them nice ans shiny
a test fit.
Last edited by jdbnsn; 02-17-2012 at 08:16 PM.
With the cover done the psu can now be fitted into the case and the other panels also added.
and the motherboard cover and flames can be checked out!
Fun shots!
Last edited by jdbnsn; 02-17-2012 at 08:17 PM.
that psu cover is slick