Project Black and White Dragon.

alexakasloth · 17 Jun 2007 at 09:47

whitedragon said:
this will sound darft but try vinegar

The tar seems to be working at the moment but thanks for the reply

Couple more pics, got the front sheet which is going to be the intake prepared for painting, I put some trim on there to see how symetrical it looks:

probably would have helped if I took a photo showing the symetary :rolleyes:

How it looks with the fan:

Project is going to be a bit slow until friday, need to get some car body filler but can't until payday. Still, if there's a sunny day this week i'll start to do some more painting.

mishima · 17 Jun 2007 at 14:56

Nice work sloth I like it

alexakasloth · 17 Jun 2007 at 16:06

Thanks mishima

Next couple of things to do include:

-Sanding the frame
-Completing the mesh structure of the plastic front.
-Painting the side panel + mesh to see how that will look.
-Completing the exhaust, going to have it look like this:

alexakasloth · 19 Jun 2007 at 21:21

Dammit, just as I start getting into this one I start thinking about another mod... well, not a mod, but a case from scratch.

Pulse · 19 Jun 2007 at 21:53

you're not allowed, you gotta finish this one so we can see the outcome

alexakasloth · 19 Jun 2007 at 22:21

Pulse said:
you're not allowed, you gotta finish this one so we can see the outcome

So not another WIP added to the mod project logs then?

I think this should be finished in around a month, just need the money to get a couple of bits, and some warm dry weather!

alexakasloth · 20 Jun 2007 at 15:31

How many coats of primer do people use? I've just done the second for the side panel and it looks like it is probably done (1 coat up-to-down, 1 coat left-to-right).

alexakasloth · 20 Jun 2007 at 16:01

Like so:

Gave the mesh another coat because it didn't look like it got enough primer, though it's quite white now!

Sam666 · 20 Jun 2007 at 16:18

someones into bodybuilding too? MYP.com box

alexakasloth · 20 Jun 2007 at 16:53

Sam666 said:
someones into bodybuilding too? MYP.com box

Got a nice big 10lb tub of whey sitting next to me

Jfan · 21 Jun 2007 at 00:13

I guess i better be careful with you being a body builder

I dont mean to sound too critical, but your circular cutouts are not very even, maybe you should invest in a holesaw, its easy to get perfect circle cutouts with them

alexakasloth · 21 Jun 2007 at 07:48

Jfan said:
I guess i better be careful with you being a body builder I dont mean to sound too critical, but your circular cutouts are not very even, maybe you should invest in a holesaw, its easy to get perfect circle cutouts with them

I was thinking that right after I cut it out

Oh, and bugger: http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?id=1222

alexakasloth · 21 Jun 2007 at 15:14

Small update:

Did a couple of colour coats on the side panel and mesh today:

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I'll put it together with the acrylic tommorow to see how it will look. Then i'll laquer it

fobose · 21 Jun 2007 at 15:20

The actual side panel cut out itself looks very um...not straight. Will the edges be hidden under something?

Markatomic · 21 Jun 2007 at 15:22

Ahh tis looking good mate, well done. Cant wait to see it together, especially with all that mesh.
Good stuff
Mark

alexakasloth · 21 Jun 2007 at 15:28

fobose said:
The actual side panel cut out itself looks very um...not straight. Will the edges be hidden under something?

It is quite unstraight though luckily only by a couple of mm's, though i've put some rubber trim over it and it hides it rather well.

alexakasloth · 21 Jun 2007 at 22:37

Test of how the side panel looks:

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Fobose, I will be taking your advice and leveling out the edges

fobose · 21 Jun 2007 at 23:32

Sorry for being picky lol, I just thought it was quite strange! Hopefully that rubber bit will hide it nicely enough. It does look good with the mesh though.

Another negative comment, which probably wouldn't affect you, but wont having mesh on that side make your PC sound a lot noisier or does that not bother you?

As soon as I pop my side off the gfx fan sounds so much louder, even when I place the side not quite on it still reduces the noise a lot!

alexakasloth · 22 Jun 2007 at 06:35

Not at all, sometimes I need a kick up the arse!

About the mesh, do you mean it will be louder because it will resonate? I'm trying the keep noise to a miniumum (the gfx I've chose is heatpipe cooled).

Markatomic · 22 Jun 2007 at 09:11

I think that he means it will be louder simply because in theory there are a lot of holes for the sound to escape from. Normally with a solid side it slighty deadens the sound. If internal case isnt too noisy you prob wont notice it.
Mark