grandbruntenebreux Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Hello everyone ! My goal is to make a jet-fighter themed mod based on a Cooler Master Elite RC-342. The unmodified case and the current state of the mod (updated regularly). Two inspiration pictures of the french jet-fighter "Mirage 2000". The main body will be two shades of gray. With black and yellow stripes for the fans grills and several markings (warnings, cockade of the French Air Force, ...). The front faceplate will get multiple switches to remind a jet-figter dashboard. The Cooler Master case and the Akasa fan controller. Faceplate will feature, among few other things, an Akasa fan controller with a green on black VFD display, a red "Military Fighter Pilot" toggle switch for power (linked to a key switch) and an anti-vandal resistant switch with cover for reset. Summary (1) - Front faceplate (plexy and power switch) (2) - Front faceplate (switches and leds) (3) - Front faceplate (first layer of paint) (4) - DVD player, fan controller and front fan grill (5) - Painting case & fan controller (6) - Painting side panels (7) - Assembling time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandbruntenebreux Posted August 29, 2012 Author Share Posted August 29, 2012 Front faceplate (plexy and power switch) Stripping the faceplate. Cutting out the part with usb/line-out/mic holes, power and reset buttons. I'm keeping the usb/line-out/mic part for later use. Cutting a plexy part to fill the void and fixing it with hex socket screws. Power switch will be this "Military Fighter Pilot" switch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozensnail Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Hi, been looking at your idea's for your case mod. Kinda wondered if you were first water cooling or air cooling? Any modifications to the chassis, e.g. are you doing any cutting of the steel chassis to co-inside with the theme? Do you have the spec of the hardware being used? Keep up the good work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandbruntenebreux Posted August 31, 2012 Author Share Posted August 31, 2012 Kinda wondered if you were first water cooling or air cooling?It will be air-cooled.Any modifications to the chassis, e.g. are you doing any cutting of the steel chassis to co-inside with the theme?Not quite decided about that, maybe add a window.Do you have the spec of the hardware being used?Nothing fancy : Asus M5A78L-M LX with Athlon II X2 265 3.3GHz, 4GB DDR3 and a Radeon HD4870 1GoKeep up the good workThanks a lot ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandbruntenebreux Posted September 5, 2012 Author Share Posted September 5, 2012 Front faceplate (switches and leds) More holes for more buttons (power, reset, key to allow power switch, three leds for power, two leds for hdd, two switches to turn on/off the leds). Plexy faceplate mounted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandbruntenebreux Posted September 10, 2012 Author Share Posted September 10, 2012 Front faceplate (first layer of paint) First layer of paint on the front faceplate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandbruntenebreux Posted September 19, 2012 Author Share Posted September 19, 2012 DVD player, fan controller and front fan grill Stripping the faceplates of DVD player and fan controller. Painting with duct tape for stripes. Fan controller, front fan grill and DVD player mounted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandbruntenebreux Posted November 26, 2012 Author Share Posted November 26, 2012 Painting case & fan controller Inspiration pictures. Painting large darker areas for jet-fighter camo style. Preparation for painting. Not quite pleased with the result : "special curve" tape don't like heavy curve and many drips, will have to touch up with a brush. With blue-white-red paint and new buttons, fan controller is finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ch2pa Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 Beau boulot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandbruntenebreux Posted November 30, 2012 Author Share Posted November 30, 2012 Beau boulot Merci ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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