Mod'n Roll 2012: APASF ("A Post-Apocalyptic Steampunk Future")
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All in good time my friends, I hope you like it
Today´s work. Power suply finished.
More tomorrow hopefully, also, last minute change, the MSI graphic cards where no longer avaliable so have settled for 2x Asus GeForce GTX 560 Ti DirectCU II TOP 1GB GDDR5, it seems that fate always brings me back to asus for one reason or another. In any case, hopefully delivered tomorrow and can fo more body work over the weekend.
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very very nice look
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Very nice painting!
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thanks guys!
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It looks like real wood :clapclap:
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Time for an update.
Unluckly the new GPUs didn´t come on friday so I couldnt do much on the weekend, but they came today and as luck would have it, it was only a half day at work as I did overtime on Friday.
Right, time for a test mount.
The frontal bay system does not close by very little, so I´ve trimmed down one of them so it does.
As for the watercooling, I will be using a full copper pipe system for this project, which while it looks really good is rather complicated for two reasons, first, I need plumbing fittings, luckily I found out that 3/8 is a common size for that, so i got some G1/4 to 3/8 fittings and problem solved.
The second problem, or not really problem just, complicated fact is that there´s no flexing, here, so all the measurements have to be exact at every point, so once all the liquid cooling bits and bobs are in their place I will get the pipes and cut them to size so everything fits, nicely. Meanwhile, here´s a preview:
Right, now the case modifying for the GPUs.
I trimmed this section a bit more to make sure there´s no contact, tomorrow I will clean up all the cuts:
Right, because the fittings are so big, my original plan of taking the pipes out the back is scrapped and I have to come up with an idea to take them out the side panel and still be able to open the case as needed, so here´s the solution. I cut the side panel so I can unlock and slide downwards in order to open it.
And to cover it up, and old school grill which I´ll cut to let the pipes through, this way in order to open it, I just unscrew the grill and slide open the side panel. Problem Solved.
More tomorrow hopefully.
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I love full copper tubing! Can't wait to see it!
You put a grid on the WB, are you going to make 2 holes to make pass the pipes?
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Im not sure yet, I think I will make one rectangular hole as a circle hole wouldnt look good on that grill, if it doesnt look good ill have to look for an alternative grill
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Update.
Today I´ve started to cut and test mount the side covers. While they look like wood, they are plastic and they are not the final look, they simply come like that from the store, I will be using vinyl and ageing process so they match the PSU. The same treatment will be done on both sides of the case.
Originally I was going to use rubber covers for the cuts so they don´t look sharp, however in order to add more "wood" to the design, I will be using the same parts cut in half as on the side, this should increase the wood/copper ratio of the final look.
I´ve also ordered all the liquid cooling stuff I need, and it will hopefully arrive on Friday so I have the weekend to mount everything and start and finish the front of the case so on Monday I can go to the plumbing suplies shop and cut, test mount and buy all remaining fittings and copper tubing to complete the loop.
If the parts don´t come by friday I´ll have to delay the plumbing details till tuesday or wednesday which will only give me a 2 day painting window to finish the project, so it´d definately cutting it short, but I feel confident at this point.
Aniway, photos!
Hopefully more tomorrow.
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wow amazing update
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Quick Update.
It doesn´t seem like much but it took me all the time I had to spare today to do this, the steel on this case is really stubborn (specially on the back where it´s thicker)!
Aniway, the screws I ordered (yes I had to order them, it seems no one locally had 3mm x 50mm screws) arrived and I they did the job perfectly, now the GPUs are properly secured.
And all the borders have been cut to size and test mounted. Some trimming left to do on them and adjusting for a perfect fit, but it´s really starting to take shape now.
Aniway, more tomorrow hopefully.
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Good!
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so cool
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First update of the day...
To freshen up your memory, this is what the front looked like once I had cut out everything I didnt need out of it, remember that originally it had 2 doors and all sorts of things.
So I cut a further section to incorporate a new idea I had for the front (which you will partially see by the end of this update but not completely by a long shot till, with a bit of luck, the second and final update of today (i.e. tonight).
I then filled it all up with epoxy filler.
Once it was dry I started with what will become a couple of hours of sanding.
That´s how it looked yesterday before I called it a day and went out for a drink as I needed to disconnect badly.
Today, I started fresh this morning at around 10am and continued sanding until it was ready.
Next I used a bit of filler for the places where it had created air bubbles and ended up empty and continued sanding until it was as ready as it was ever going to be with the limited timeframe I have left (I no longer feel my hands lol).
Next I cleaned it up and aplied the vinyl (yes the front will be going in that wood look, the same as the PSU).
I thend modified the picture frame I had bought so it will simply slide in and "hug" the bottom and sides of the frontal.
.Lastly and more importantly, I aplied all the ageing effects to both the vinyl and the frame and put them togueter.
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.Later today I will be triming the leftovers and keep on working on the rest of the design of the frontal.
Until then.
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amazing frame
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I know I said only one more update today... but I´ve just finished the front of the case, or at least until the package from Lamptron arrives, fingers crossed it arrives before friday or I wont meet my deadline.
Point is, I´m in love with how it turned out so I wanted to come upstairs and post it so you guys can see it.
So what I did is, using the back of the back plastic of the frame, I sanded it down and throw some matt black paint on it. I cut it down to size and fit it in the opening. I then added two screws on the back of the middle of the frontal of the case to hang the 2 mini-pocket-watches from. I then stack them to the back plate using a bit of hot glue.
Mounted the frame on the case to make sure it all looked ok before I screwed the frame in (with it´s glass).
All good, then I put the glass in and screwed the frame on to the frontal and aplied the same paint effect to the screws so they would not be visible. I also added the same effect to the borders of the glass to make it look old and stained.
And the result...
3rd and last update for today later on.
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thanks tom1! : )
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ahhhhhh so has a pendulum clock
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thanks!! ^^ I was going to do something different and the the missus had that idea!, but since there´s no space for the clock itself, I though, if I can find small enough pocket watches, the pendulums themselves can be the clock, and I found them!
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exactly , very nice looks even so
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