Project: Frankenstripe

[peoplefire]

clean cuts :]

[Drum Thumper]

clean cuts :]

Thanks! I'm hopefully going to be getting some more filing done on the triangle window sometime in the next couple days.

[thrash]

Very nice Cuts DrumThumper. I'll be watching this mod

+rep

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Front panel mockup time!

3/8" wooden dowel, when I get my rods from estreet and the LEDs from LSDiodes, I'll install them--just wanted to see if this was gonna work.

And now for the piece de resistance:

While cruising around Michael's Crafts store, I had a brilliant idea in regards to the mesh, one which is going to work perfectly: Plastic Canvas. Same stuff little old ladies use to make kleenex box covers. As you can see, I took a permanent marker to this for the mockup. I'll be throwing down a few coats of black paint on it for the final product.

That's all for this evening--I'm gonna trace out Hammer Guy and get him scanned sometime tomorrow. Then two things are going to need to happen: Figure out what size to make the fanguard and figure out where the hell to put him.

Thanks for looking!

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Another little update--Bondo round two.

I've no need for the 3 1/2" drive bays, so:

Traced it out

Dremeled it out

Hot glued it in

Bondo'd!

Current state. I'm going to go get some spray putty some time this week, sand it a bit more, and touch it up. Also thinking about a different switch location--maybe on the one 5 1/4" drive bay that's not going to be used. I'll play around with some ideas--I'll take a bay cover to work with me.

Edit--just ordered the acrylic rods and 10 LEDs. Combined with all the goodies that Crimson Sky is sending my way, I can't wait!

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I little bit of spot putty, some elbow grease and I will move on to the side panels.

I realize that the bottom of my bondo area looks a bit ragged. I plan on using a combination of hot glue and bondo to attach the rest of the front grill, and even more sanding. But first I gotta fabricate that. I know what I want, just need to get the stock to knock it out. Figuring that part will take me a day.

And on another note, my LED's and acrylic will be here soon. Hoping for today, But I'm betting that they'll show up tomorrow.

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Update time! I got some toys in the mail over the last few days! First up, from the grab bag from Crimson Sky:

Fan controller that I quickly disassembled.

This is gonna get repainted. After I'm done with it, it's hopefully going to look like a front panel for a guitar amp--gonna relabel the four fans Gain, Volume, Presence and Resonance, a la the 5150 amp.

And then today I got my acrylic tubes and 11 LEDs from estreet plastics and LSDiodes, respectively:

This had to go on my parts box.

And finally, I've been kicking around some ideas for the back panel. I think I finally came up with a winner--another window like so:

This one's gonna get a frosted plexi window with the VH swirl logo right in the middle, and even more LEDs!

So, my to do list is as follows for this weekend:

Right side window cut.
Make a jig to bend the acrylic.
Finish left side triangle.
Find some mesh--dunno if the plastic canvas is gonna hold up or not--it's good for mock up work though.
Look around for something to kitbash for the front panel that I've been bondoing. I know what I want, it's just a matter of finding it.

A real update will be posted Friday. Saturday's my birthday, so don't expect all that much--I think we might be going jet-skiing on the Missouri. Or maybe just fishing on the Missouri. Either way, I'll be soaking up some sun!

Edit--here's a very rough sketch of what's going to be etched in the right hand window:

Needs quite a bit of touchup done to it--this is just the first draft of it.

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Damn, I haven't had time to do **** with this, so I shall ask the collective (a la TGS) the following:

Flush blow hole or no?

I've been playing around in sketchup, and am starting to get the hang of it--here's a wireframe pseudo side view of my propose front panel:

And here's a shaded with textures version, different angle:

Should I go this route or do something along the lines of this:

And just modder's mesh the cut out area?

I, myself, am leaning towards the flush blow hole (again).

[slytherock]

mesh!!! mesh!!! mesh!!!

[FrooP]

hole!!! hole!!!! hole!!! no really mesh is so... standard make a monster hole or a gfk one organic shapes^^