Hey what’s up fellow modders. I’m new around here but I thought that i would throw up my WorkInProgress right now. Its a cooler master ATC-S aluminum case going through a serious transformation. Id like to thank my friends over at thetechlounge for helping me out on the sponsor of this mod. But enough with the small talk, lets get to the modding shall we This is my new modding project log called "Liquid Metal". So far I’ve been working on it since around the middle of August, between school and such. I had to take a break because I started back at school and it was kind of difficult finding time and appropriate places to mod in my apartment complex LOL. But I’ve been plugging away and ill give you guys what i have so far. Im heading back to college on the 2nd of January so well be seeing a bit of a slowdown. Anyhow, Lets get started!! Allow me to Post some Info up First Note* These are all the Parts that I have compiled so far, so I will be deciding on what to use much closer to the end of the project - Bryan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- External Specs / Case - Cooler Master Atc-101 Aluminum Full Tower Case (completely modded) Performance Specs / Hardware - Intel Pentium 4 3GHz 800MHz System Bus CPU (attempt to overclock to 4 Ghz) - AMD 64 3200+ Winchester Socket 939 - Abit IC7-G Max II Advance Motherboard - MSI "K8N Neo2 Platinum" NVIDIA nForce3 ULTRA Chipset - 1 GB (2 pcs 512) DDR (500) PC-4000 Corsair w/LED Display (TWINX1024-4000PRO) - 500 Watt X connect Modular Psu Chrome Finish - ATI Radeon 9800 Pro Video Card (attempt to overclock to x800 speeds or something) - ATI Radeon x800 Pro - Western Digital(WD) Caviar Special Edition 250GB 7200RPM ATA100 Enhanced IDE hard disk - Westerb Digital 38 Gb Raptor 10,000 RPM SATA - Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2Zs Sound Card Limited Edition Gamer Version - Black LITE-ON 52X32X52X E-IDE CD-R/CD-Rewritable drive w/ SMART-BURN technology - The Sony CRX320E Combo Drive, 52X max CD-R write, 52X max CD read, 16X max DVD read, 24X CD-RW write. 2MB buffer memory - Silver Cooler Master Aerogate II Fan Controller (Custom Painted) - Silver Aluminum Matrix Orbital MX332 LCD Display - 2 Evercool Chrome Finish 120mm Aluminum Case Fans - 2 Evercool CHrome Finish 120mm Blue LEd ALuminum Case Fans - 2 Evercool Chrome Finish 92mm Blue Led ALuminum Case Fans - 2 Evercool Chrome Finish 80mm Blue Led Aluminum Case Fans - 1 Evercool Chrome Finish 80mm Aluminum Case Fan - 2 Laser Cut 120mm Blade Fan Grills (Blade Style) - 4 Laser Cut 80mm Blade Fan Grills (Blade Style) - 2 Blue Uv Reactive Y cables - 1 Clear Uv Reactive Floppy Cable - 2 White Cold Cathodes - 2 Uv Cold Cathodes - Case Mirror WaterCooling Specs - PolarFlo TT series Cpu Water Block - Blue / Silver - PolarFlo SF Series CS Water Block - Blue ( custom Made Intel NB Mounting kit By Mr.B) - PolarFlo SF Series GPU Water Block - Blue - Inovatek Tank-o-Matic Reservior (the big one) - Hydor L35 Water Pump - Swiftech MCP650 Water Pump - 2 Dual 120mm Black Ice Radiator ( Blue ) - 1 Single Black Ice Micro 80mm Radiator - ClearFlex60 1/2 ID 5/8 OD Tubing -Tygon 1/2 ID Tubing - Water Wetter 4oz bottle - Frozen Cpu Blue UV Reactive Die - Artic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - Tons of Misc Clamps and Zip
L I Q U I D - M E T A L [The Subject / Case in Stock Form ] [ Some Hardware Shots ] [ PolarFLO Mounting Block for Intel Chipset that I Made ] [ Mounted On the MotherBoard ] [ Pre-Cut Prepping ] [ First Cuts ] [ Clean and Sanded Cuts ]
[ N3wb with Bondo !! ] [Getting a Little Better ] [ Starting To get a Hang of this Modding Business ] [ Prop Nose Transformation ] And after a little sanding, priming, and painting!!
[Big Update 12-25] [ How about We get Started on this top! ] Allright, here we go, I finally got around to getting some work done on the top of my case and some other parts so this is gonna be one big ole update! It’s a lot of bondo and is going to take a lot of patience but I think this rig is headed in the right direction. Well, it looks like we have your run of the mill, ole boring aluminum and “stock” CoolerMaster Aerogate II Fan Controller, going to have to spice this sucka up! After some sanding, primer, and a cool blue metallic paint! That’s better, not so ugly any more! First I’m going to sketch out the area I want the bondo on, then make incisions with the exacto knife to get the perfect bondo border! Make sure to be safe and have all the necessary tools when working with chemicals, paints, and stuff that generally just smells terrible (bondo!) Here is after about 4 or 5 layers with sanding! And after the spot putty has filled in all the holes, uneven areas, and general flaws of the human hand…
Decided I wanted to make a custom HDD cooler out of one of my 5.25 bay drive covers, using some PVC pipe, and my good ole friend Mr.(B)ondo. Its going to house 3 40mm Blue led fans that I am going to paint Chrome. First you need to make sure you have all the necessary modding tools. Nothing better than Pennywise’s Full Circle Album and some good Ole Fashioned Case modding! Heres my Crazy A$$ about to kill someone with a Jigsaw LOL! First we need to make sure we have all the Appropriate tools to get this job done! The Subject…After a Few big hits with a Hammer. Let’s Clean this thing up! First Miserable Coats of Bondo and a little bit of primer to see where were at.. Igor Fetch me some more bondo and spot putty! MuaHaHaHaHa… a bunch of sanding, bondo, and spot putty and BAM!! You get this! Thats all for now Folks, More updates in the NExt few Days cuz I am working on this thing like a Fiend!!! :shock: Bryan~
It's alive.... ALIIIVEEE!!! Dude, sweet mod I really like the propellor noses. Firstly I didn't think it would work out to Dremel some holes into a perfectly good brand new CM case, but it really did work out well. Youév already got quite some skills on bondo and painting. Keep up the good work. (Besides that, what the story on your toe nail, doesn't seem to be in such great shape? õ_o)
Hahah, yah umm... Its dead Thanx for all the compliments man. Cuttin up this case has been more satisfying than I can explain LOL.
Chr!s >> With the bondo, i applied it with gloves on my hands, then I sanded it down to those shapes. Its really just a practice sort of thing, i suppose thats how I achieved really accurate slopes on the intakes. I just sand the crap out of it. I have a Bosche Power sander and my hands to do all the sanding. I also smoothed out like the 4th and 5th layers of bondo applied with a putty nife so it wasnt tooo much sanding from there, just a little trick i learned along the way Kumo >> Thanx man, I appreciate your compliments. Jokkocze >> Yes, very tragic how it is dead, i think theres some type of fungus too. I swear soo many peoples nails get like that as they get older.
Thanx, i have worked my entire life on mastering the art of the bondo. Haha just kidding this project is the first time I have ever used the stuff. Im glad you guys are liking this thing. IM working some more on the 5.25 bay today, hopefully by tomorrow ill have some paint on it.
I'm definitely subing this You have the best bondo skills i've seen! You should start up your little bondo tutor classes. Keep up the goood work! I want to see more . Cheers!
I commend you for the patience on the bondo work. I started so many times on some bondo work and get annoyed before I can ever finish. Good job thus far.
Thanx Kernel, Kimnkk, and cooldude for all the compliments. They make me happy The modding will continue to roll Rock on! Bryan~
