Project:- Modzart

Bit different to a Skeleton Gary! :D

I can't help but think that it looks like a drinks dispenser, so it's going to be very interesting to see what you do with it.

I was quite surprised at the milled aluminium front, and it looks to be well made all round, although, what on Earth are the fake rivets for?? :confused:

Have fun!!

Edit: They held the perspex? What are you going to use in their place?
 
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G-Dubs said:
Colour scheme is pretty much decided, and as much as I like the grey silver it's just not me. Exterior will be more of an anthracite colour/dark charcoal.

Cheers mate. £39 on the bay!!!
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Probably the one i was eyeing up, was it collection only, as i was miles away, otherwise would have bought it :L
 
KiiYzOo said:
£39!!! you got very lucky :o
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Yeah he wanted less but I was insistant:)

Cookeh said:
Anthracite and charcoal works for me :p
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Yet to source the right colour. Going to be using Halfords paints so it will be an auto colour.

Any suggestions? Want it quite dark, but not black, and not metallic as it's too hard to get a good finish with rattle cans

Stoner81 said:
Looking interesting here dude *subbed*

Stoner81.
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Cheers Stoner. Always appreciative of a "subbed"
 
Gepetto said:
Bit different to a Skeleton Gary! :D

I can't help but think that it looks like a drinks dispenser, so it's going to be very interesting to see what you do with it.

I was quite surprised at the milled aluminium front, and it looks to be well made all round, although, what on Earth are the fake rivets for?? :confused:

Have fun!!

Edit: They held the perspex? What are you going to use in their place?
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Yeah fancied a change from the Skelly.

Drinks dispenser, bread bin, flip top kitchen bin... Have a look at the start of the other thread, there's some really quite brilliant shops in it.

The doors will be re paneled with either copper or aluminium. New windows and will be cut with new perspex inserts. So all that lot will go in the bin or be saved for another project most likely.

Mirage said:
That looks like an awesome case for water cooling, plus it can double as a table to put your cup of tea on!
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Still a bit high :)

ZZZAC said:
Probably the one i was eyeing up, was it collection only, as i was miles away, otherwise would have bought it :L
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Could be mate, I got it around Christmas I think. Was for sale in Lancaster if my memory serves me right. In the end he posted it for a tenner which was a bargain. It's got all the fixings and additional cables all bagged up nice.



Should be doing a bit more work over the weekend, mostly measuring and perhaps a bit of cutting.

Remember the old adage. "measure once and cut twice, then give the ruler a poor performance appraisal review"
 
Now chaps, some important decissions to be made.

I'm still undecided on what sort of reservoirs to go for.

Option 1
Bay type reservoirs in the front. perhaps 2 doubles, but this would only leave me 1 5.25 bay. So maybe 1 double that is actually 2 reservoirs in one (XSPC do one)

Option2
Traditional cylinder reservoirs. But where to put them so they can be seen best? i'm thinking leave out the HDD rack and place them side by side there, and but the HDDs into the 5.25 bays by means of an adapter.

Option 3
I'm open to suggestions. needs to be able to handle 2 loops and I want to be able to see it from either the front or the MOBO side.
 
Still think you should build something custom out of acrylic that features mini waterfalls. Remember my picture of a cascade? Ok you might not fit all that in but still. Saw one in another project and thought it looked great all lit in that way that acrylic lights up.

Dual loops. Reservoir either side.
 
How about citroen meteor gray? (If you can source it :p)

Looks like this: (I know this is an Audi, but it's the closest colour I could find in google images :o)
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In terms of black, I would quite like something close to obsidian - but that may be darker than you want :p

I have no idea about reservoirs and know nothing about them :D
 
Could do a custom double helix style res spanning the height of the case, with one of the "struts" per pump, and have the rungs have a programmed led sequence so the light flows downwards from the top in the struts themselves... Or am I just being silly :)

On another completely unrelated note... How much would that cost, as I actually really want that in my phantom now :D
 
Tealc said:
Still think you should build something custom out of acrylic that features mini waterfalls. Remember my picture of a cascade? Ok you might not fit all that in but still. Saw one in another project and thought it looked great all lit in that way that acrylic lights up.

Dual loops. Reservoir either side.
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Good to hear from youTealc, and thanks for the reminder re the cascade res. Any chance you could post it up here again for me?

Cookeh said:
How about citroen meteor gray? (If you can source it :p)

Looks like this: (I know this is an Audi, but it's the closest colour I could find in google images :o)
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In terms of black, I would quite like something close to obsidian - but that may be darker than you want :p

I have no idea about reservoirs and know nothing about them :D
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Cheers for the colour Cookeh, I'll look into that one. I may have to try a few out before I commit though (not cheap at £7 a can).

Shayper said:
Could do a custom double helix style res spanning the height of the case, with one of the "struts" per pump, and have the rungs have a programmed led sequence so the light flows downwards from the top in the struts themselves... Or am I just being silly :)

On another completely unrelated note... How much would that cost, as I actually really want that in my phantom now :D
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Don't suppose you could shop one of my photos please to help me get a better understanding of what you mean


Meanwhile, I've been doing a few paint tests this morning to compare finishes and give me an idea of which parts I want to paint what colours.
The idea is to have the interior predominantly copper, although I must stress this is not a Steam Punk Mod. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to do one, but I have nowhere near the skills required for that level of work.
So the interior copper, using a combination of copper sheet and copper paint (for those harder to get at places).

I'm also thinking of using Brass to add a colour contrast in places and perhaps some of the Silver/chrome I have left from other projects.

At present i'm not sure about the Brass. I think it looks too Gold to be honest and I don't want it to look in anyway "Bling" inside.
I've used Plasticote Paints many times before, but never used the Rustoleum paint. To be honest it flows and covers about the same, giving a nice finish, but like the Plasticote it does flow quite thickly.

I'd prefer to use auto paint for all surfaces, but you can't get these colours and finishes in auto paint unless you're willing to spend a fortune on that high chrome American stuff

So here's what I have

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Nice day so spraying outside in back garden.

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Also thought a few more shots of the case might help people better visualise my options for Reservoir installation.

Res could go in top right area where HDD rack was removed from

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All thoughts welcome
 
This was the picture I posted before..

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But I think it might be a bit of a squeeze.

Can't find the case mod that had one in there now though. Will post back if I can find it.
 
Tealc said:
This was the picture I posted before..

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But I think it might be a bit of a squeeze.

Can't find the case mod that had one in there now though. Will post back if I can find it.
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Ah yes I remember now. I think you're right it might be a little bit of a squeeze.

I've seen these yank cascade bay res's on you tube though that seem quite nice. Can't seem to find them now though.

gv_of_e said:
Put a landscaped fish tank in the side! Looks big enough lol:

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yes thanks very much. i'll make sure i look into that :)

Could be the bottle of Merlot and a good few Glenfuijiamas, but I actually just sat here and thought "Hey....What about actually having fish in the watercooling loop, swimming in the res, and swimming up the tubes. How cool would that be.

then I remembered the pump.

messy is how it would be.

Very messy indeed.

Need more than a bit of Biocide to deal with that.
 
Most aquarium have pumps (some of which are used in watercooling)
You just need a filter between the fish and the pump silly :D
The ammonia the fish produce is a much bigger issue! Acid and metal are not friends.

A selfcontained aquarium is the ONLY way to acheive that mod safely
 
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