Case Mod - In Progress Project: ALIENWARE ALX Case Mod...Final Assembly

Na, THIS is his biggest fan

 

In any case, you can always do with more fans!

 

Indeed, more fans and the project gets even cooler.

Back on topic: I think this will turn out to be really amazing, as always Bill!

 

It is possible to have too many fans

Will we be seeing any airbrush in this mod?

MGT

 

ooo can't wait to see how this one turns out Bill, best of luck to you!

 

oooh, this is worth keeping an eye on, lovely work so far!!

 

Thanks everybody!

I was working on replacing the top panel's screen with honeycomb mesh last night,

this is after we painted it Flat Black


Alienware's OEM screen for the top panel


Making my template, I used a tin-snip to cut the honeycomb mesh


After cutting out the shape, I will remove the visible honeycomb cross hairs in the mounting holes


Pre-fitting the new grill before painting Flat Black

 

Looking good.

 

Looks a lot better with the mesh.

 

Thanks for the comments!

Heres how the final coat of Flat Black Enamel. A nice satin smooth look about it





Top panel

 

I am doing a complete rebuild on my old ALX rig Bill.

Keep an eye over here bud:
http://www.modders-inc.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=2621

Can't wait to see how you do it! My way will of course be more ghetto than yours . . .

 

Sweet, thanks for the heads up, I will drop in and watch your progress!

 

I dont normaly like these cases one bit, but I will make a point of coming back to look at this.

 

Incredible work yet again Bill.

You sure are a gifted modder, I'm always amazed by the sheer ingenuity in all of your designs.

Love the paint, looks like something right out of a Batman movie! Inspirational stuff.

 

Nice paint job.

 

Thank you for posting your comments!

Heres the side panel, we're thinking of airbrushing the carbon fiber pattern under the bottom arc


Aibrushed carbon fiber pattern

 

Nice work on the carbon fiber pattern

 

The pattern looks really sweet. Yeah under the bottom arc would look great. What about the Alienware imprint, would it be possible to paint that carbon fiber also? Probably too hard and you would probably get a bad effect.

 

Looking a good project Bill, always find MNPC tech's work to be top quality and alway unique !

 

Thanks for the nice comments guys,

That photo of painted carbon fiber, it's my new shop table, photo link, ground metal paint table top

We'll be guiding you through each stage of painting the carbon fiber effect on features of the Alienware case.

Our little Alienware dudes will get painted too.


Masking off the lower portion of the side panel


Scuffing the paint with red scotchbrite pad


Removing dust with tack cloth