Hp Res 3 Mega

Hi guys :) Ive lurked here for a lil while and im totally impressed by the qual of thr mods here :)

ive just posted my last finished case "HPRes II" over in the project galleries.


This is HP Res III Mega, im trying to take what i did with HPR2 a few steps further.

most of the mods on this case will revolve around bondo work to the case.
once again the whole job will be finished in 2pack auto and have my signature side mounted water tank/s :)

I'm still not 100% on what the end outcome will be or how soon i can finish this mod, but will be fun to share it here with you guys :)

the original case

Making thr MEGA blowhole

New filler panel and adding some bondo

alota sanding :)

a lot more sanding!

More bondo and more sanding!!!!!

some final work and a lota high fill :)

( 2 weeks later!)

A dust coat and final wetub

One MEGA blow hole :)

more to come :)

thanx guys :) a bit more work done, this time to the MB side panel,

again HPR3 will have a side mounted res, the side pansl is modded to suit the theme :)

I've cut some strip of plex these can be bent to shape for the edges.

using a bit of heat the strips of plex bend to shap with little effort.

not too hard.

ive decided to "groove" tenches around the walls, this will give a lower area for the bondo to bite down and sand back level.

a qik re-sand on the groved areas

same with the back

next is to sit the side walls back in and use some hot glue to hold it all in place.

Next is a qik "fitup" test, i a big fan of the fitup test :)

all fits good :)

after the initial sand back i could see on the bottem edge of the side hole the bondo wasnt sticking :(

i didnt prep clean proper...... a few holes to act as "anchor points" will fix that.

and some fresh bondo

Some more sanding, using an old peice of plastic pipe i can wrap some 60G around it and sand the shape needed.

Starting to take shape :)

thank you guys :)


smallish update guys :)

this is all early fab stuff atm, so it all looks a bit ruff.

the custom fan box will be shaped bondoed and painted, the front blow hole insert panel isn't final either, but gives you an idea of the look in after.

trying some mesh from insde an old apple tube mon!

cheers guys, the front bezel sits off the mesh and allows air flow around the edges,

i did think of giving it an edge!!! very much like the side res panel and the mega hole itself.

ive started on a second and 3 peice already, the options so far are to keep it flat have writing or a logo laser cut into it so it backlights thru the lettering,

as you said have a raised lip around the edge of the insert. or to have it sightly convexed with a rounded shape to it.

the front pansl also had to hold a back light and more than likley a power buttom of some sort.

thanx guys :)


got a few hours tonight so i knocked over the fanbox,


first off was to knock all the edges off using sowe 60g

counter sink the holes, better to do this now before the bondo hits!

cut some stips of flexable plastic, im using these as the guides an they will simply peel away @ the end.

post 2

Bondo time!!!!

i want to add small blow hole lips to keep with the theme inside and out.

First of 3 layers of bondo.

starting to take shape

after another bondo and rub.

peel the plasitc guides away

a qik rub on the iners

redrill the screw holes

finally some spray putty,

so far so good :)


will wet rub this in a few days-to a week, then another sprey with putty before paint.

Didn't want to run the old metal back plate, so i thought i'd try something different. :D
Stepping out to my favorite shop, i picked up a cut peice of 8mm thick clear plex!

A qik test to see it fits right, all the motherboard points and needed holes, mounts etc will be added later.

The plex panel it self isn't the actual mod! but the idea to diffuse and light it is!

the idea came to me while doing the front light diffusers, its just going to be on a much larger scale.

A qik test on a small peice of off-cut confirms the idea will work.

next is to sand the peice of plex with 1200 wet and dry, the small scratched catch the light beem and allow the whole flat surface to light, rather then just letting the light travel thru to the ends like on Hevy plex SLB mod i did for Zak.

Adding some light.

Once i could see that the effect was goin to work it was time to peel off the protective paper and get to work on my motherboard back panel.


Simple wetrub in the laundry sink again with 1200 W/D and a 3M rubber hand block, all of 15 mins work and is done to both sides to achive an almost frosted look.

The end result.

Next is to hook up some lights for testing.

turn off the lights and see if it works!

i was pretty impressed at what a great internal light feature this simple mod makes,even with the motherboard and internal bolted in there will still be enuf see-able area to keep this a main feature inside the case.

yer thats it guys just a old set of lazer's in a temp placing to test.

i do use a slip on type as well, Defyant style flex light leeds, like on HP1 and a diff setup i used on my sons MOD Hevy plex SLB.

This is the variant i made for my sons case mod.

These plug into a baybus for a "modular lighting" setup

Then plug into his plex side panels for this effect.

After seeing how well the last 2 lighting mods came off, i deciced to try somthing a lil more challenging.

This also solved the prop and allows me to start making some progress again.

i was stuck what to add as the "top feature" of the case.

This is still in very very early stages, but i was so excited by how it was looking i had to post :)


The idea is that the skelleton will sit on top of the case, with some heat will also take the shape and "mould" to the top. a ruff sand for now, but will have a proper wetrub and clean up over the weekend.


but i think you can see the potential of this idea.


The pattern is marked out on a peice of 6mm thick plex.

Some cut out fun.

You can see here how the skel will sit on the top of the case, with some heat it will mould to the shape of the top panel.....

After a qik sand,

this is very very ruff, and the final result will look a lot better shaped and just have a full frosted look.

Add some lights.


ATM the ligting is not very even..... this is becasue the skel hasnt been properly sanded, with proper placed lights and full sanding "diffusing"
the light will have a much better even glow.