Very nice. Oh..do the fans still work?
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Very nice. Oh..do the fans still work?
they should, yeah. wait, which fans? LOL...actually, doesn't matter, they'll all work, internal functional ones as well as the cosmetic ones on the top back.
I also finally got around to turning my CPU heatsink around so its fan blows hot air away from the PSU instead of right into it, so we'll see if that works...and MAN that sucker was on there tight. the clippy thingy that you're supposed to be able to use to pry off one end was jammed pretty good on one of the m/b heatsinks, so one flathead screwdriver and a loud CRACK later, I got it off. Freaked out though at the noise, thought I'd snapped off one of the plastic clips, but all was well.
Nice, just make sure that the PSU fan and the CPU fan aren't pulling in opposite directions. I was talking about the cosmetic fans, it looked like the paint may have sealed them shut. Good to know they still work. :D
After yet another frenetic evening spent painting, I've gotten some of the airbrushing done. I airbrushed Model Master "Italian Dark Brown" over the red-brown primer, and didn't try to make it an even coat. I did this on purpose to allow the reddish undercoat to show through a bit.
I then airbrushed a thin flat black color for the dark streaks. What's left to do is airbrush the lighter colors - grays, maybe a little yellow, and then very light tan or sand. I may also use artist chalk powder for additional fading. Then it'll be on to some detail work with a brush, and then the outside is done. But for now, it's all packed up in the back of my truck so I can leave after work today and head out for the Rods 'n Mods show at the Exploratrium tomorrow...
My indoor setup. Had to do the painting at night, and the lighting was WAY better inside. Not to mention it was supposed to rain last night.
After I got the initial brown coat on there.
And after I finished with the black. I did do the base too (not pictured) although I'll need to pull the treads off later to paint them.
And this is what it looks like after the tape was removed from the cockpit and I painted the window frames up there:
My jam-packed truck interior (Dodge Dakota, so not overly huge):
This is a rare time that I wish I had an SUV....oh well. It fits. Barely. :P
A-MA-ZING!! Great to see som paint on that!!!
Very nice. The tan really brings it together. Good luck at Rods 'n Mods.
My setup at Rods 'n Mods at the Exploratorium Museum in San Francisco, 2/11/10 through 2/13/10:
Me and my parents, I think I was showing them all the removable roof panels:
And finally, a bunch of our cases were shown on CNET, I didn't expect that sort of publicity!
http://news.cnet.com/2300-10797_3-10...html?tag=mncol
:bowdown::bowdown: How does it feel to have your case in such a showdown?
Congratulations on your finished mod!!! Can I ask for some photos showing the internal ilumination?
+rep too!!
Thanks!! It's actually not done yet - it was finished enough to show, but I still need to finish painting the outside, then build and paint the inside, then build a desert landscape base with some jawas.Quote:
Originally Posted by Loki
I'm also debating adding water cooling, and servo motors to open the front loading door and all the flaps. Anyone have any advice on servos? I've never used them before. I did find this:
http://robokitsworld.com/index.php?m...gm2lg7a7jcvst4
which looks promising as far as running them off a single USB port. But as far as motors themselves, what should I look for? And how would I hook them up to the doors so that a command sent to the USB controller would open all the doors? There's 12 total I think, 11 of them can swing 180 deg. from their closed position. The other one, the front loading door, is probably more like 90 degrees.
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Originally Posted by artoodeeto
Sounds like it will be finished enough to show for next year's Rods & Mods also. :)
I'm kidding, I know these things take a long time and the last thing most of us want to do is rush through them. No reason to hurry something that's coming along as nicely as this.
