Saturn Magnetosphere.

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The Alien Mothership has landed.

Thanks, to Bucko and xmastree for helping me figure out which resistors I needed.

I have 10 Red LEDs hooked up in a circle, and a 2 Blue LEDs on top.

I bolted everything down to the case, and wired the LEDs up on the top panel:

I still have to add another Blue led on the other side and figure out how to attach it where it will look kewl.
All I have left to do is the front panel and fasten down the top of the case.

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I just used Spackling to fill in the cracks. And Glued several Sheets of Paper over it.
Before its all said and done, I will contour the front panel for a smoother look.

I got the front panel pieced together and primed for now.
Its a Hybrid Emachine/Raidmax Smilodon Front Panel.

I'm still thinking of adding something on the sides. You will see that Later on.

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Feeding the wires through to the backside.

Still Need to Shrinkwrap those wires.

I swapped out the LEDs on the saturn ring. I ended up crushing them the first go around.

Riveting the side back on. And attaching the dome.

It was a pain in the as getting this to stay on.
Its study as all hell now. I dropped it off my work desk the other day didn't move at all.
I filled those extras holes in. Forgot to take a pic.

I decided to put the lights that were on the top on the side.
I think it looks alot better! Needs allot of work though, before it looks Clean.

Filed down the side of the top peice.

This is taking alot longer than I expected. Ive been spending alllot of extra time making sure everything can be removed, with bolts and rivets so I can take it all back off and paint her up. Still have alot to do to get it looking fresh and kleen. I have some sketches of my next mod done up I can't wait to get this one done and start on another.

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Yea, was a pain getting it to stay in place at first. Thought I was gonna have to install a kick stand.

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I painted the front panel black and the grill white.

Here is the front panel:

Here is the Side: I think it turned out preddy good.
I painted it white so the lights would show up better:

I just set the fans on top for now.

I'm going to do a bubble fade from the front panel.
I think that would make it look much better.

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Well I didn't like it White. .So I went ahead and Painted it Baby Blue.

One thing I learned this time round if you use a hairdryer "gently" to cure the paint after its dry to the touch
It won't leave the residue that gets on your hands and it doesn't scratch off as easily.
Sanding it down real good with a orbital sander doesn't hurt either.

I took it all back apart and painted everything separate.
Here Is a view from the side:

Here is my workspace and another view:

I'm done with this side. Just Riveting It all back together now and Using the Dremel to File
the rivets down enough where the panels will slide on smooth without a hitch.

Now I have the Case Door on the other side to do, and the Top and It will be Complete.

I'm still not sure if I'm going to put a case window on it yet.
The Metal on the Side door is extremely thick. "Where theres a will theres a way"

Will Post a Lengthier Update By the end of the weekend.

This side is Done. Just needs Windex.

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I'm Working on the other side now.

Figuring Out whats needs to be cut off:

Cutting It off, Ive found it you tear the Little buRrs off before it cools It looks allot better:

You can see why I'm having trouble Deciding on a case window:

I guess I'm gonna sand this piece down real nice and hide the wires a little better.

Ive added more pics to the previous updates of the worklog if you care to take a peek.

Trying out the spackling over the door grip Like Nocturnal Did.

Almost like it was never there. .Might have to go over it one more time.

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I decided to trim it down to the size of the case.

And I made some pieces to cover the gaps on the sides:

Now I'm going to dremel it smooth and fill in the cracks.

It's on Now! . . I'm getting help from EclectiGopher
He's all work no play. Mean as hell to. He will Dremel the Toenails right off ya.

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Thats the Saturn Magnetosphere Mann. .

Actually It brings cool air into the case. I will have to post some more pics.

Kinda Like a air duct behind the Mobo. I have one fan on the inside of it and one under the dome on top. .

I cut a square out behind the motherboard.

Im going to space the motherboard out away from the wall there about an inch or so. .
It actually serves a purpose. Not just a Cosmetic. .Mod.

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Doing some contour work.

Masking It off.

Priming it now.

Still needed a Little more sanding so I just sanded over the primer. That worked out preddy good.