Lanboy is here!

alexakasloth · 19 Sep 2006 at 14:12

Looks like an excellent lan case

maddness · 19 Sep 2006 at 15:00

well i felt a lil left out so the 1st silver spray i picked up i used,

it said "silver wheels" car wheels or something on it. lol

job done

dale1uk · 20 Sep 2006 at 07:59

That looks like a nice colour match there <maddness>. Looks a lot better than the blue grill.

Hmmm, Lanboys are still in stock and the urge to mod one is returning!!

Gas Panic! · 20 Sep 2006 at 10:06

dale1uk said:
That looks like a nice colour match there <maddness>. Looks a lot better than the blue grill.

Hmmm, Lanboys are still in stock and the urge to mod one is returning!!

There can't be many left, I ordered one yesterday too!

I'd get it ASAP.

maddness · 20 Sep 2006 at 10:21

dale1uk said:
That looks like a nice colour match there <maddness>. Looks a lot better than the blue grill.

Hmmm, Lanboys are still in stock and the urge to mod one is returning!!

thanks, atleast we know what akasa uses to spray the cases

Andy298 · 20 Sep 2006 at 14:23

<maddness> said:
thanks, atleast we know what akasa uses to spray the cases

Antec don't you mean?

Good colour match though that!

Anyway, nearly done mine. Just got to spray the top and front of the case. All other bits have been sprayed twice, some three times.
I had a bit of trouble spraying the door. Primed it ok no problem and left it a few days before I sprayed it but when I did the paint started to crack in the square grooves at the sides for some reason!? I cleaned it and let it dry proper before I sprayed it so I don't know why that happened? Anyway I left it for a few days, sanded the cracked paint down best I could and sprayed it again and it looks ok now. Can't really see it unless you actually look for it.
Maybe it was the primer? Dunno though because it's plastic and metal primer and I've not had any problems with any other bits.
Anyway all being good I should have it done this weekend so I'll post some more pics soon!

maddness · 20 Sep 2006 at 14:32

doh yeah antec

look forward to seeing some more pics

ReeceKB · 22 Sep 2006 at 13:10

The silver grill looks realy good

Andy298 · 24 Sep 2006 at 23:56

Right, finally done it! Sorry about bad pics, again, took with camera phone. Still not charged my W70 :rolleyes:

4p · 25 Sep 2006 at 02:09

Andy298 said:
Right, finally done it! Sorry about bad pics, again, took with camera phone. Still not charged my W70

Damn i want to do this.

So the case is 35 pound, tempting.

Can ye list all the stuff you used and how much it cost? Would be very nice of you xD

LavaMonkey · 25 Sep 2006 at 02:15

Thorpy said:
Damn i want to do this.

So the case is 35 pound, tempting.

Can ye list all the stuff you used and how much it cost? Would be very nice of you xD

Wow, have to say the Lanboy looks gorgeous in black.I may be tempted to do that to mine now.Also, you know you can remove the little green bit of card on the front of the tools tray.It never looked right to me.

Andy298 · 25 Sep 2006 at 08:05

Thorpy said:
Damn i want to do this.

So the case is 35 pound, tempting.

Can ye list all the stuff you used and how much it cost? Would be very nice of you xD

Yeh I like it. My first attempt at spraying..... anything actually

I don't think I'd spray a case again though. Well not with cans anyway! It was easy enough on the small parts, but the side panel (window-less one) was pretty hard to get even. I gave it about 6 coats of paint also and I think, if you look closely, it still doesn't look right. Might have a go with some rubbing compound in a few weeks, after the paint has gone fully solid.
Anyway stuff I used.......

800 Grit
1500 Grit
Sanding Block
Masking Tape
Plasti Kote All Purpose Primer x 2
Halfords Satin Black x 3
Tack Cloths

All in all cost me about 45 quid. Probably cost me a similar price to get it done at local car body repair shop, and a better job, but then there's no sense of achievement in that is there?

Andy298 · 25 Sep 2006 at 08:07

LavaMonkey said:
Wow, have to say the Lanboy looks gorgeous in black.I may be tempted to do that to mine now.Also, you know you can remove the little green bit of card on the front of the tools tray.It never looked right to me.

Thanks

Yeh I was going to remove it, but got nothing to put in it's place and I think it looks worse with blank card or nothing

maddness · 25 Sep 2006 at 08:53

looks great

although it cost more than the case itself to spray it :eek:

Andy298 · 25 Sep 2006 at 09:07

<maddness> said:
looks great

although it cost more than the case itself to spray it

Yeh lol. Stupid that isn't it?
Looks good though

Begbie · 25 Sep 2006 at 09:07

lol i hope he meant £45 all in including the case. But looks great would love a black lan boy.

Andy298 · 25 Sep 2006 at 09:13

begbo said:
lol i hope he meant £45 all in including the case. But looks great would love a black lan boy.

Nah 45 quid for the paint etc...

:eek:

dale1uk · 25 Sep 2006 at 09:27

Andy298 said:
Nah 45 quid for the paint etc...

One of the reasons i can't convince myself to do it. Add a few mods the total price, inc case, would be over £100 :eek:

Whats the satin finish like?? Is it the colour you where after or should you of ignored my advice and stuck with the matt finish?

Andy298 · 25 Sep 2006 at 09:31

dale1uk said:
One of the reasons i can't convince myself to do it. Add a few mods the total price, inc case, would be over £100

Whats the satin finish like?? Is it the colour you where after or should you of ignored my advice and stuck with the matt finish?

Yeh it is a bit much. When you add the case price also it's roughly 80 odd quid... for a lanboy! I wanted to do it though. Never modded a case before so thought I'd give it ago.
Yeh Satin Black is a great finish! Glad I took your advice actually. I'm thinking Mat would have been too dull.

Savill3 · 25 Sep 2006 at 09:58

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That looks awesome dude. Nice job