Project: Unicorn. better name than "wife's case".

Since I finally "finished" my first case, now my wife wants one done for her. So I got her this one.




She wants it done in a unicorn theme and purple.
So I plan on doing a unicorn window cut out and will paint it a better purple than what it came with.
I've already done the window and started with the paint.
More pics to follow.

 

weecheeee *makes whip cracking sound* sounds like your wife's pretty good at making you do things around the house eh? just joking...cool case though although from the pictures it looks like it already does have a purple kinda hue? what colour were you going to paint it?

dunno if anyone's tried but there's that one kind of paint that you see on aftermarket sports cars? i think they call it chameleon paint or something and it changes hue from the angle which you view it at? i think alienware had a laptop with that option of paint on their website awhile ago? dunno but thought that would be cool to try out on a case.

 

Here's more of what I've done so far.
A couple of shots of the window.



With some paint.



Primered back panel.


Inside painted.


More to come as I get it done.

 

egg-roll - mirage (chameleon) paint here courtesy of mr. linear

kingkobra - mad dremel skillz!! good paint too!! like the inside silver, never thought about that. ya think itd be obvious any lighting plans?

 

thanks for the link zackerouac

great job on the dremel job kingkobra, must've taken forever. what kind of car is that in the picture that you're throwing everything on?

 

Saw the mirage paint at Autozone but the wife prefered the "anodized look" purple.
As far as lighting, I've got a lot of ideas floating around but I haven't made a final decision on it yet will be something bloo though.
Thanks for the compliments, this is my first try at an intricate window, don't think it turned out bad though. Still got a lot to do with the paint, wet sanding and all.

 

Old '78 Mustang King Cobra. My first car. One of those projects that never get finished. Plan on putting it back the way it was when I was 16. Might get back to it one of these years.

 

You have a 78 Mustang KC sitting in yout garage???? What engine? Miles? Man! Work on it! I have a 66' gt 289 HIPO with 4spd toploader -- (its a project my uncle started and its been put aside until i have $$4) --sitting in my shop, i love working on old cars, just as fun case modding

 

Yeah. 302 ci. 82k. I'm 2nd owner. Work doesn't allow for much extra time these days. Hard to get the case mods done too. Get just a few hours each weekend.

 

That panel is awesome! Excellent work!


Nice that you're doing that for the wifey!


DDK

 

lucky *******... you got yourself a mustang
and a wife
and an awesome window in that case!!! Now that's some sick dremel skills!

 

That window cut is awesome . Where did you get the design?

I love purple, was thinking of getting a really similar case, but purple isnt a very manly colour

Looks soo gd, cant wait to see finished


-cLoWn

 

poor car!!!


/me hides thread from his gf so she doesn't get any ideas

 

wow that's schweet

 

That windows is amazing.

How did you manage to get such amazing detail ?

 

Would also know how you got such a clean cut with that amount of detail.
If it was with a dremel.......

-cLoWn

 

The unicorn is from a picture the wife had. Magnified with a copier and used it for a template. It was done with a dremel, used cut off wheels to rough it out, then used the diamond coated wheel, it's very thin and semi flexible to get into small places. I run a machine shop so I was able to use some very small carbide bits in the dremel to get at the really tight spots, then finished it up with jewelers files.

 

O.K. Got a little time on my hands. So now I can get a little more done on this case. Did more work on the paint. Sand blasted the panels, they didn't come out to my satisfaction the first time. They look a little better now. Painting is mostly done. Just have to put on a few coats of clear and some sanding in between. Will post more pics tomorrow.

 

When you said Unicorn I thought, bleh it aint gonna look too good, but WOW that is one sweet job

 

This might be a silly question, is that case steel or aluminium, and also how did you paint it and what type of paint.


nice job btw.