Project: Pink Chieftec

[misterPK]

Look's like you've got a bit of filing to do! Some edging trim might help make it look better too.

PK!

 

[zootfloot]

Look's like you've got a bit of filing to do! Some edging trim might help make it look better too.

PK!

Yup, edging trim will neaten that up no end.

Its either that or get a lot of filing done my man, i know which way i would go!

 

[Xinn]

Yep, as I said I'll be using gromit strip/ edge trim whatever you want to call it.

 

[Lumeycom]

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I'm still using a full tower version of this case thats some years old

 

[Dup]

I have this exact case still too although my other half now has it. Sadly the front door has snapped off and the clips of the front bezel are broken so not really worth modding now.

An old forum friend made this: http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=132802

 

[Ducky Spud]

Yea, that rubber edging is great! I made some cable management holes in my mobo tray which looked pretty rough, but with the edging over them they look fine

 

[Xinn]

An old forum friend made this: http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=132802

Can't see the pics from work, damned filtering.

For the hard drive I will probably remove the two bottom drive shelves (there are removable bays that slot in them) and bungie mod the hard drive beneath the DVD drive in the top to get better air flow through the bottom of the case.

 

[Xinn]

OK a little update.

Was busy playing Aion beta last weekend and im on a course in Manchester all week with work (yey VMWare) so haven't got much done.

Managed to do a bit of sanding but I think it needs doing again as I haven't made it rough enough, pics when I get home this evening.

Managed to buy the paint last night, grabbed some plasti-cote white primer, white matt (for inside) and flourescent pink. The normal pink was abit crappy so went for this one, looked better when i sprayed it on the shelf at B&Q

 

[Xinn]

As promised pics.

Cleaned up and ready for priming, don't know if the sanding is sufficient or not. It's a little rough, guess I'll find out at the weekend:

Tested the pink on back of the door to see what it was like. It's a little brighter in IRL that it seems in the pic.

 

[EsaT]

From good colour to cute colour...

 

[moppy89]

Thats some shoddy cutting my friend

But still straighter than I could ever cut it >_>

 

[Xinn]

Yeah had to do it with Jigsaw, couldn't find cutting bit for Dremel

Won't notice it with rubber trim around it.

 

[misterPK]

Well it's an interesting colour, don't think I'll be doing that with mine! Oh and when you spray the door remember to tape up the clear bits for the hdd and power lights!

PK!

 

[Xinn]

Well it's an interesting colour, don't think I'll be doing that with mine! Oh and when you spray the door remember to tape up the clear bits for the hdd and power lights!

PK!

It's not for me though hehe, for her indoors.

I masking taped all the bits that don't need spraying last night ready for tomorrow.

 

[Xinn]

Just been and done the under coat and a couple of layers of the pink.

Really wished I'd done 2 undercoats as I can still see the blue a little through the 2 coats of pink.

Another thing, after leaving it for 30-40 mins for each top coat to dry it seems to just be like powder on top which just wipes off. Is this normal or am I doing something drastically wrong??

 

[rick fowler]

o my this is gotta be the first pink case i ever seen hope to see some pics soon will i need my shades lol

 

[Xinn]

Finally got around to uploading the pictures of my first 'attempt' at spraying.

As you will see below my first mistake was not doing enough undercoats on the side panels, as a result it left the panels rather blotchy after a few coats of pink as you could still see the blue coming through from the bottom.

The plastic parts aren't shaping up too badly as its much less noticable on those.

I will be sanding the side panels down best I can and giving them some proper undercoats before spraying them pink again. Atleast I've learned something for next time.

The blotchyness is worse than it looks in the pics.

Hopefully I'll get the sanding done and undercoats this coming weekend if my gran doesn't kill me for spraying half her garage pink

 

[Ducky Spud]

Those side panels do look prett bad Hopefully will work out better when you respray them again.

Generally though, impressive colour, certainly gonna stand out from the crowd haha

 

[domthecondom]

Is it hard to spray yourself, it does not look that good , but if you respray it should look better .

 

[sosrandom]

do lots of light layers, spray mostly everything but dont use a lot, then wait 15mins. Also I did a small random object as a test so I could learn from my mistakes.