Project: Motorized Madness!

[rendermandan]

Hey guys, I've been pretty busy getting things ready for paint. I primed and painted everything a black base coat and found I had some issues with the liquid mask that I used. It wasn't cooperating with me, so I've had to result to the good old masking tape method in some areas, and I've had to redo some of the illuminated lables. The liquid mask didn't want to release from the printed labels I made for the fan controller and the hdd activity light. So I head to tear them out and remake them. The front switch panel came clean at least. -we;ll see how it looks when its done.

I also notices some of the paint got into some of my hinges like on the louvers on the top intake. Now they are almost impossible to move and it actually broke the actuator arm. So now I have to redo that entire louver assembly.

-Sorry I don't have any pics right now. I've been taking them, just haven't uploaded them yet.

I'm very frustrated right now!

[TEAMIKKE]

I really LOVE this project Great features!

[rendermandan]

I must have been hit by the bad luck bug recently. I've been assembling the case piece by piece after i've fixed a few things and painted everything black.

Now I noticed that my DVD drive is not working properly. See this post:

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/f...187#post156187

[BigJohnson]

So is it fixed? I want this mod to go on. I might be slightly addicted. Not that its a bad thing around here.

[rendermandan]

I think I've narrowed the problem down to something getting pinched or messed up due to the screws I use to install it. I can get 3 in, but the fourth one seems to mess it up. I got so frustrated with it, I just decided to put it away for a few days and work on something else. So here is a small update. Sorry its not very big, the holiday and xmas shopping, xmas lights on the house (that are set to music by the way) have been taking all my spare time.

But here you go anyway.

Here are some shots with all the parts painted black.

God there are alot of parts to this case!

here is a shot of all the accesories and power input for the servo controller.

From the left we have, 6V power in, then switch to turn off servo controller, then Video in for the lcd, then a small 1/8" headphone jack, that I'm using as a connector for power to the lighted mouse pad.

I also started on the back panel. here it sits all nice and clear.

with some CA glue and .03" thick styrene sheets, I glued to the back side and trimed to match the panel.

I want to install the rear exhaust 120mm fan on the outside of the case. this is due to the location of the window on the side. I dont' want to look in and see the ugly side of a fan right?

So I cut some styrene to make a box to fit over the fan.

And here it is.

I added some modders mesh, the same stuff I used over the side radiator. to the back of the case.

and here is a shot with it on the case.

Then I hit it with some primer and black paint.

Here is another shot of the case.

And just for reference. here is the black case with the turbine sitting on top. Sorry its a little blurry.

As far as I can tell, all the major building and modding is complete. There is still some wiring that has to be done for lights inside the case. I bought a couple led light strips. and some more glow wire that came all messed up with black spots in it again.

So now its time to clean the workspace up and get the airbrush and paint brushes out.

Cheers!

[The boy 4rm oz]

Mate fantastic work. The whole mod looks great, will look even better once it's all completed. +rep

[psychowit]

omw this just keeps getting better and better!

[Spawn-Inc]

hmm i kinda like it all black! i say repaint the turbine black to haha really great work though!

[BigJohnson]

The light wire. Where do you get it? Does it need to be run off 12v or can it be modded to run off anything else?
I'm really excited to see this so far along. I hope you can get all the kinks worked out. I have to disagree with Spawn though. It looks really nice black, but it looks boring. I am highly anticipating a matching paint job. Great work man. Still can't rep you though.

Edit: I just realized how big that turbine is compared to the computer. Wow.

[D1337]

hmm i kinda like it all black! i say repaint the turbine black to haha really great work though!

It looks great but i would like to see the opposite, the gears and pc look kinda dull in matte black, if he painted it more like the turbine or atleast added some accents instead of leaving it black, it would look 5X better.