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Posted in Uncategorized on November 30, 2007 at 10:28 am

Well, its been a long day and i got a fair bit done ! The tubings on but not secured and ready for testing ! The hard drives underneath (think i might move it back out of sight - what d’ya think ?) so that i could stealth up and de-clutter the case llike this :-

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/richmawr/PICT0147-1.jpg

Neither side finished yet but you get the idea !!

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/richmawr/PICT0139.jpg

Rest time !!

Filled the loop and done some testing, few things to change (bought some RED led’s that turned out to be blue (AAHH) - teach me to test them 1st !!

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/richmawr/PICT0155.jpg

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/richmawr/PICT0156.jpg

And the Dragon is becoming a bit of a theme - had to cover the DVD writer afterall !

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/richmawr/PICT0161.jpg

And a snippet with the lights out !!

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/richmawr/PICT0149.jpg

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Posted in on November 25, 2007 at 12:00 pm

Another minor update - some wet black paint !! :-

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/richmawr/PICT0076.jpg

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Posted in on November 19, 2007 at 2:43 pm

Right, its out with the tools time !! Stealth covers and acrylic to cut and 2 hours before work !!!! :-

My friends the tin snips and AC Ryan Mesh !

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/richmawr/PICT0046.jpg

Once cut its the bend it over the edge of a bench technique !

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/richmawr/PICT0049.jpg

Both sides bent !
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/richmawr/PICT0052.jpg

Holes drilled and in need of finishing but its off to work so - can you guess where its going ?

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/richmawr/PICT0055.jpg

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Got all the acrylic cut and the othet mesh i wanted too and now i’ve had to phone work and say i’m going to be an hour late lol !!!

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Posted in on at 1:14 am

Ok folks, i finally have all the pieces to get the job done, i had 3 hours this am before i had to work and having started the other day with the sleeving of wires/fans etc i thought i’d show you the end product of around 5/6hrs of soldering and sleeving and this is about 80% of what i have to do !!

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/richmawr/PICT0031.jpg

I have a few hours in the morning to start some work on the stealth covers i have in mind so more updates soon !

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Posted in Uncategorized on November 12, 2007 at 3:19 pm

There was a couple of things about the case that were’nt to my personnal preference, the 1st being the side panels so i bought some smoked acrylic to use instead (more later) and the powdercoat finish whilst very practical i thought was’nt the best finish for such an outstanding case. There was quite a bit of “orange peel” effect and i wanted to do something about it.

I started with 1000 grit wet and dry sandpaper, went to 2500 grit and finally polish and elbow grease which resulted in the following (pics are in order of each stage) :-

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/richmawr/PICT0141.jpg

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/richmawr/PICT0147.jpg

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/richmawr/PICT0146.jpg

I’m not skilled at paint finishing at all but after about an hours work i could see how this could work really well in the hands of the pro’s. Aside from that, i saw an American muscle car at a show back in the day that had been finished in Candy Apple red paint (red over gold) and it was the best paint job i’ve ever seen before or after and i started thinking about the cube…….

I went to a sprayers i’d been reccomended (they specialise in motorcycle tanks and fairings as well as cars) and on talking to the guys they reccomended using the candy red over the black and whilst it was wet - clingfilming it to create a marbled effect before laquering the whole thing and flatting to a mirror shine. The results of 2 weeks work speak for themself !! :-

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/richmawr/PICT0193.jpg

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/richmawr/PICT0184.jpg

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/richmawr/PICT0196.jpg

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I am well pleased with the finish, i’m awaiting the last couple of parts for the build (1 being an Asus P5k Deluxe motherboard) then i’ll be starting the interior build and my plan is to make it as neat as possible sticking with the red and black theme, i’ve got mesh and acrylic panels to stealth the cabling and air and watercooling to fit into this big box so till next time ….

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