MasterCase5 MOD: Project TRON
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See one thing you will get when you spoil people is them wanting more.
I want to see the ring around the core lit up too now
lol, well I have one and I did test it out, looks cool but you cant really see it well as the card faces down
Was also worried about interference and there would be less protectionn and its closer to the main board
Started carefully placing the EL wire and some tapes, this was tricky, glued my fingers to the wire a couple of times lol
Put down some tape on the none flat parts for some protections and as a guideline.
Top is done, sides and front still need some more work doing.
Hopefully you now have a better idea of the final look im going for with the build
Put down some tape on the none flat parts for some protections and as a guideline.
Top is done, sides and front still need some more work doing.
Hopefully you now have a better idea of the final look im going for with the build
As im awaiting some more parts for the main Tron build I've been working on a couple of things
and due to the time needed for the paint to dry im moving between the main build, Tron (black) and
my second mod, Tron 2.0 (white).
I wont be doing a full build log for the 2nd Tron case mod but I will add a couple of photos to this log.
As I mentioned before, not to happy with the original PSU cover I did with clear plexi so I ordered some more
white and did the cover again, much better now for the reflections im wanting to capture.
Like with the sound card, added some EL lightning to the RAD.
Sticking with the EL, time to get the Tron disc painted to better match the case and the original look of the disc.
I really enjoyed this part and im very happy with the result.
After some very careful and painfully slow masking the disc is almost completed, painted with water-based black so as not to damage the plastic coating.
here's some pics of the Tron 2.0 mod, all the paintwork is completed and im now working in the lighting.
and due to the time needed for the paint to dry im moving between the main build, Tron (black) and
my second mod, Tron 2.0 (white).
I wont be doing a full build log for the 2nd Tron case mod but I will add a couple of photos to this log.
As I mentioned before, not to happy with the original PSU cover I did with clear plexi so I ordered some more
white and did the cover again, much better now for the reflections im wanting to capture.
Like with the sound card, added some EL lightning to the RAD.
Sticking with the EL, time to get the Tron disc painted to better match the case and the original look of the disc.
I really enjoyed this part and im very happy with the result.
After some very careful and painfully slow masking the disc is almost completed, painted with water-based black so as not to damage the plastic coating.
here's some pics of the Tron 2.0 mod, all the paintwork is completed and im now working in the lighting.
Thanks mate, I played with it years ago and it was a small craze until LEDs took over
but its a nice even light thats almost impossible to get with LEDs so had to be done
Thanks! I think they plan to have it shown somwhere when completed. the white one is done now so I will add some photos with the next update
Excalabur50
Well-known member
cant wait to see this one finished looking really good so far
Thanks mate, the white one is done and will give a good idea of what the main one will look like, however, putting far more time in to this, the main Tron build
For the side panel i'm going with one that's airbrushed and also doing a plain one painted the same as the rest of the case.
I'm doing the airbrushing in 3 stages, first the panel was painted the same as all the case but then sanded down ready
for the shadows and base colours, protected again with some clear coat and then stage 2, now I have clear coated all
the design and will be waiting for that to harden before doing the highlights and fine details followed by a final protective
clear coat.
Some parts of the design will hopefully have a matte look where others will be a nice mirror/gloss finish
to help him pop-out from the back background.
This might look a bit crap at the moment but should look great when completed, I like to try use as many skills as I can when
doing my builds, this is something I've never attempted before so i'm learning as I go along
As promised, here are some pics of the smaller project I just completed "Tron 2.0" this was just a case mod for now, using the
CoolerMaster MasterCase 3 Pro.
No log for this one, it was a very quick job with only the paint dry times taking most of that time up.
Done in white with slightly thicker EL wires and the same Mirror finish paint but this time in white.
I wont post lots of photos on here but you can find all the other on my facebook page if you need.
Thanks to elpanelandtape.co.uk and CoolerMaster UK for providing most of the bits needed for this one.
I'm doing the airbrushing in 3 stages, first the panel was painted the same as all the case but then sanded down ready
for the shadows and base colours, protected again with some clear coat and then stage 2, now I have clear coated all
the design and will be waiting for that to harden before doing the highlights and fine details followed by a final protective
clear coat.
Some parts of the design will hopefully have a matte look where others will be a nice mirror/gloss finish
to help him pop-out from the back background.
This might look a bit crap at the moment but should look great when completed, I like to try use as many skills as I can when
doing my builds, this is something I've never attempted before so i'm learning as I go along
As promised, here are some pics of the smaller project I just completed "Tron 2.0" this was just a case mod for now, using the
CoolerMaster MasterCase 3 Pro.
No log for this one, it was a very quick job with only the paint dry times taking most of that time up.
Done in white with slightly thicker EL wires and the same Mirror finish paint but this time in white.
I wont post lots of photos on here but you can find all the other on my facebook page if you need.
Thanks to elpanelandtape.co.uk and CoolerMaster UK for providing most of the bits needed for this one.
Dicehunter
Resident Newb
Beautiful ! As a major Tron fan I am quite literally salivating at this build ^_^
AlienALX
Well-known member
Dear god !
The only thing that concerned me about this was making the channels you had cut for the EL wire look good. Gotta say though, once it's all in it looks immaculate.
If we (my lady and I) ever move and I get a shed or something similar I will definitely take up air brushing. It's on my bucket list, that's for sure
The only thing that concerned me about this was making the channels you had cut for the EL wire look good. Gotta say though, once it's all in it looks immaculate.
If we (my lady and I) ever move and I get a shed or something similar I will definitely take up air brushing. It's on my bucket list, that's for sure
Dear god !
The only thing that concerned me about this was making the channels you had cut for the EL wire look good. Gotta say though, once it's all in it looks immaculate.
If we (my lady and I) ever move and I get a shed or something similar I will definitely take up air brushing. It's on my bucket list, that's for sure
Thanks mate, yeah I was concerned about them also, keeping them straight but also not cutting to deep.
My airbrush packed in yesterday
almost done with the side panel now though, might get a photo up later today.
Vault-Tec?
you still using that name on other forums?
Side panel completed, will get some daylight shots done once we get some sun here lol
Used some of the same style for my Mini mod, just for the fun of it, a quick build as im on a bit
of a break from the main build.
Fitted with a fully working Raspberry pi.
1.2GHz 64-bit quad-core ARMv8 CPU
802.11n Wireless LAN
Bluetooth 4.1
Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
1GB RAM
4 USB ports
40 GPIO pins
Full HDMI port
Ethernet port
Combined 3.5mm audio jack and composite video
Camera interface (CSI)
Display interface (DSI)
Micro SD card slot
VideoCore IV 3D graphics core
PSU - 5v 2a
Not bad for the size, fits well with my collection of 1:6 scale
Used some of the same style for my Mini mod, just for the fun of it, a quick build as im on a bit
of a break from the main build.
Fitted with a fully working Raspberry pi.
1.2GHz 64-bit quad-core ARMv8 CPU
802.11n Wireless LAN
Bluetooth 4.1
Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
1GB RAM
4 USB ports
40 GPIO pins
Full HDMI port
Ethernet port
Combined 3.5mm audio jack and composite video
Camera interface (CSI)
Display interface (DSI)
Micro SD card slot
VideoCore IV 3D graphics core
PSU - 5v 2a
Not bad for the size, fits well with my collection of 1:6 scale
Thanks, im going for a full tron set of cases lol
Side panel completed, will get some daylight shots done once we get some sun here lol
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That panel looks so good I would rather be looking at that as the main window instead of seeing the pc inside.
