Coolermaster ATC 201
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nick25
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Looks nice buddy. Thats one of my favourite cases, especially in black. Anyway good job - anymore specs for us?
EDIT: sorry I'm a dumbass - saw your sig.
EDIT: sorry I'm a dumbass - saw your sig.
Phil Stanbridge
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Very nice - they are my favourite cases too. Can we see some larger pics?
Sure, I'll put larger pics up later today!.
It used to be black...
But then I took SOLVENT BASED NITROMORS paint stripper, and I stripped off the factory black, metallic, sparkly paint.
And I'll tell you, it's bloody hard to get off any other way than this, believe me, I tried! I decided to remove the paint completely after I botched several spray-paint attempts and I hoped to god that Coolermaster had something respectable underneath the factory coat. Fortunately for me, it wasn't just respectable, it was anodized aluminum! Beautiful finish, really hard for me to capture on camera. Anyway, I was very lucky.
Here Some screwed up bits of the old paint after they burnt off the panels
Out of curiosity, has anybody else tried anything like this? If so, what where their results like?
It used to be black...
But then I took SOLVENT BASED NITROMORS paint stripper, and I stripped off the factory black, metallic, sparkly paint.
And I'll tell you, it's bloody hard to get off any other way than this, believe me, I tried! I decided to remove the paint completely after I botched several spray-paint attempts and I hoped to god that Coolermaster had something respectable underneath the factory coat. Fortunately for me, it wasn't just respectable, it was anodized aluminum! Beautiful finish, really hard for me to capture on camera. Anyway, I was very lucky.
Here Some screwed up bits of the old paint after they burnt off the panels
Out of curiosity, has anybody else tried anything like this? If so, what where their results like?
Phil Stanbridge
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hehehe nice result - I have a coolermaster in exactly the same postion. Its painted, and it needs stripping down. I havent had time to attempt it yet, before anodising. I may touch base with you regards this later on if thats ok.
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nick25
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Why did Coolermaster stop making them?? Is it true that their original design team hopped over to silverstone?
Yeah, think the cm engineers did go work for silverstone, but they didn't have as much freedom over choice of materials and design specs apparently so the cases aren't anything like as nice as the old CMs.
CHROMING!
Tomorrow I'm going to try chrome buffing the non-windowed side panel of my atc, it's pretty scuffed in a couple of places anyway, and I was going to have to reorder from stockists as it was, so here goes! I'll try to get some pics taken of work in progress. Fingers Crossed! If the result is good, I may chrome the whole case!
Watch here for update tomorrow!
CHROMING!
Tomorrow I'm going to try chrome buffing the non-windowed side panel of my atc, it's pretty scuffed in a couple of places anyway, and I was going to have to reorder from stockists as it was, so here goes! I'll try to get some pics taken of work in progress. Fingers Crossed! If the result is good, I may chrome the whole case!
Watch here for update tomorrow!
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nick25
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Wow looks like we have a mini Phil here - you'll be out of a job soon! Saying that everyone is mini compared to Phil..
PHILIP1193
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good idea on tehd rive bay cover and also good luck mini phil 
phil
phil
)Cant wait to see it in chrome, that's gonna be BLING!!! It's starting to look quite good (well, the bits I've done) I've done a drive bay cover and started the side panels. It takes ages to even do a bit the size of a thumbnail. But I'll stick with, as the results thus far are really good! Also I've ordered some *purple* cathodes that are actually pink so the overall colour scheme should be pink and bl00 when finished.
Soon to add pics! (Promise!)
Soon to add pics! (Promise!)
Wow looks like an awesome job, that case is going to be crazy once the whole lot is done, in bright light you wont be able to look directly at it 
Looks really really good, looks like you will have your work cut out keeping it finger print free!
Looking forward to more pics!!!
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Looks really really good, looks like you will have your work cut out keeping it finger print free!
Looking forward to more pics!!!
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Phil Stanbridge
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NIce job mate, the polishing is the longest part of the job - it takes me roughly a week to ten days to do the entire case (full tower).
