Project: Motorized Madness!

[The boy 4rm oz]

Looks nice mate, that frosted plexi suits your mod really well.

[|NQ|Squelsh]

Wow! That looks amazing.
I can recommend sandblasting on clear plexi if you want only some details to become frosted.
Do you have servos left to make some of the gears rotate? You can easily mod the servos so they can rotate unlimited.

[The boy 4rm oz]

Awesome idea Squelsh, that would look insane.

[psychowit]

I love this mod!

[Wannabeamodder]

Man that is some sick styrene cutting skills you have there!
What are you using to cut the holes with?
Oh and by the way great job on the mod!

And for the styrene cutting skills +rep

Charles

[rendermandan]

Thanks you guys!

-Wannabe, I'm using a scroll saw to cut all the gears. The holes are cut with drill bits and A stepped drill bit set.

Here is my progress over the weekend.

I covered the entire side in Thin sheets of styrene. I used tape to hold the piece there temporarily.

Then I laid out where the gears would go.

This process is the same for all the translucent gear parts.
-1st. I cut a circle slighly smaller than the gear.

Then I frost the plexi in that area.

Then I glue the gear over the top.

Here you can see that there are 4 gears, (holes) that will be frosted and the rest will be just decoration.

Here it is with all the gears applied.

and opened.

Next I worked on the cover for the Radiator.
I made some 1/2" tall sides to make a frame around the radiator.

Then I cut a top trim piece.

and I glued some Modders Mesh to the underside.

then I glued the entire thing to the side panel.

Remember, this panel is removable!
I still have to cut 2 more gears to go over the modders mesh as show in the sketch in a previous post.

Thats it for now. -Cheers!

[The boy 4rm oz]

Holy crap Batman!!!! This looks fantastic. If I may make a suggestion, wouldn't it be better to use slightly thicker styrene for the gears to make them stand out just a little bit more. After all gears are usually chunky but either way looks fantastic mate.

EDIT: are you going to back light the frosted plexi?

[rendermandan]

Yeah, some of the gears are thicker than others. There are actually 3 different thickness there. Just hard do see due to the flash of the camera and that everything is the same white color. -I plan on painting everyting and the gears will stand out alot more once its painted. -It will follow my Turbine mod with the weathered and rusted look of an old machine. But thanks for your suggestion!

[Helix666]

This is an awesome mod!

I'd rep you, but I have to spread it around a bit first.

EDIT: finally repped you... took long enough...

[psychowit]

Love it! You've got serious talent dude!