Case Mod - In Progress Bitfenix Shinobi remake, scratch built front/top/side - Oct. 2 update

The holes i needed landed in the middle of the fan grilles on top of the case.
So i made a new roof for the fans and radiator.

Made out of 2mm styrene, mounted to the case it will be stiff enough.
I use the 140mm holes to rivet the plastic to the case, and made new holes for 120mm and radiator.
This is a prototype and the real deal will cover the complete top of the case to get something to build the case top from.



Rad mounted inside, it will go up about 10mm more, dont have shortened the bolts yet



But... the rivets bent the s*it out of the styrene plastic, i will drill them out tomorrow as its just a test to see if riveting the top is possible, wich its not




The roof will get the same "look" as the front later, here testing with some cardboard to see what i´m deling with



Side view of the case will look something like this.
Grey parts are the "wings" on the top and front. (dimensions not correct, just a 30 sec paint)

 

Looking good, I've always loved the shinobi case this is going to be awesome!

Subbed.
- Dan

 

Its friday, and i have alot of fun... or not
I´m gonna have nightmares about drilling holes...

 

Good work! I like where you are going with this

 

Sleeving time!

Just going to figure out wich colors to go with, i like to "break" a pattern, black and red on the outside probably will get too much to run on the inside too, maybe.
We´ll se

I have some to choose from.

 

Some parts, ands its going fast now
waterjet-guy taking ages, so theese are cnc-milled/routed.
1mm Aluminium

Too bad Be Quiet have their color codes for their logo, otherwise it had been really cool with a brusched aluminium one.

You can also see the bitfenix logo there, or parts of it going on the side of the case.
The ring is the outside of the fan grille, and the letters are just parts of BeQuiet! logo

Some small filing to do, this is the "raw" product, cutter head is 2mm dia. and cant make the sharp inner angles, but thats a piece of cake

 

4 done, 20 to go.
The camera flash killing all the color of the Paracord, its really intensive dark red

 

Time to wrap this up

Checking sizes on all small parts before i paint them.

Side door with window have the right color, but wrong shinyness, need to sand it down and paint again. More dark red and more shiny is what im locking for.

Thinking about saving the bitfenix logo in brushed/polished aluminium, may get some nice details to the dark red case

Sorry for crappy cellphone-pic, will take som better pics later when im home again.

 

nice build! good to see progress =)

i think you can keep the bitfenix logo shiny, makes a nice contrast =)

 

Any chance of re-uploading the photos.. All gone.. Wanted to see what it looked like for ideas

 

Oh, i´ll fix the pics.
But this got abandoned before it was finished, still got the case sitting in my closet waiting for better times
The sponsored stuff got moved to other projects after i talk to the sponsors. Check my profile for all other crazy mods.