Project: MNU by Kylevdm

[Kylevdm]

Hey all!

Well I know that I said I would have an update then disappeared from the face of the Earth... And sorry about that but you must all know what life can be like! I have just finished stage managing a show with 150 performers so that took over a fair bit of my spare time and the rest was taken up by work, you know the thing that is funding this mod haha.

Anyway I am going to be kicking out a few updates in the next few weeks the first being what I got done tonight!

As I want to hold a PA120.3 in this case the drive bays went bye bye and therefore so can all the gubbins in the front bezel. Who wants 2 fans anyway! I WANT 3!!!!! So after bit of chopping and sanding I have a now slightly flimsy bezel :-/ but all is good I have lots of scraps of aluminium which will come in very handy in making a nice new inset both to make it look EPIC but also to give the bezel some extra strength. Any here are the pictures.

As you can see it still needs a little bit of cleaning up but nothing that a bit of filing, sanding and paint will not fix. Remember this case is going all white on the exterior so I am not too concerned by some of the scratches etc, they will all be sanded out and painted in a nice Toyota Hilux Pure White. I have the colour codes ready and will be ordering the exact colour that the truck is painted in!

 

[delusion77]

FYI - u linked the images wrong.

 

[Kylevdm]

Cheers dude, there is always one forum which does not like me copying the update from Word!

 

[delusion77]

NP. I have a feeling thise case is gona look insane

 

[mnpctech]

Lookin good Kyle!

 

[Kylevdm]

NP. I have a feeling thise case is gona look insane

cheers dude

Lookin good Kyle!

Cheers Bill!

:O look at this! Another update!!! Hehe. Well let me get on with it eh?

I have had a little bit of time to crack on with the front bezel of MNU. After finding the wonderful template of the PA120.3 (original) which magically disappeared when thermochill got their new website. But I have re-uploaded it for anyone who needs it.

http://digitalhotrods.net/other/PA120-3.pdf

Due to the TINY amount of room I have to work with in getting the PA120.3 to fit I measured once, measured twice, measured three times, and then measured again! Finally once I was sure I had got the centre of each of the fan holes marked correctly I printed off 2 of the MNPCTech templates for the PA120.3 (available here and stuck them down on the aluminium piece which I chopped up to fit in the plastic bezel. I completely forgot to take pictures though! The football is distracting!

SEE the footy is halting my modding! For all you in the UK and with iPhone’s or just want to watch TV online head over to www.catchuptv.com and you can watch most freeview channels for free over the mobile data network

 

[mnpctech]

Lookin good! and I love the photos too

 

[Kylevdm]

Lookin good! and I love the photos too

Cheers Bill, means a lot coming from you!

I am getting good at this! Another update this week!!!! Hehe

Well in the GLORIOUS weather that Scotland seems to be having albeit not quite as hot as I would like it to be but it is sunny so I will settle for that . I took my modding out of the Mawd Shed and into the garden allowing me to soak up the much loved sun.

First off was preparing the front of the chassis for the PA120.3, this means some cutting was needed so I measured once, measured twice.

And finally got out my new favourite tool the Junior Hacksaw... I used it to cut the two smallest cuts at the bottom of the chassis which if I used the jigsaw on I know I would have messed it up haha.

After a few minutes with the jigsaw a few more with a file and finally some sandpaper, the front panel is done!

I am happy with it all except this little lip. You can hardly see it in the picture but it extends out by about 2mm. It is not ideal but the radiator is going to have foam on it anyway so it will not affect the mounting at all.

Next on the hit list was to start getting the chassis ready for a lick of paint. Unfortunately for me this means I needed to remove the anti-noise “stuff”.

This was not as hard as it first seemed! I grabbed a screwdriver and pried it off.

It was all going well and I thought I may be able to reuse it, but then DISASTER! Well not really, it ripped... So I carried on and removed the stuff!

As with ALL insulation it was stuck on with a horrible icky glue!

So out came the mentholated spirits and a Stanley blade.

Ten minutes later I have a nice cleanish surface to prep for paint

 

[delusion77]

nice, pace is starting to pick up. I think you should consider buying some noise reduction material (foam or Bitumen).

 

[daniSAUR]

This mod looks well cool, dude! Subbed to this.

Very inspirational.

 

[Kylevdm]

nice, pace is starting to pick up. I think you should consider buying some noise reduction material (foam or Bitumen).

as much as I like the benefits, I hate the stuff! I have had to remove WAY too much of it in my time!!!

This mod looks well cool, dude! Subbed to this.

Very inspirational.

Cheers!

And once again it is time for another update!!

Today as I am still waiting on some supplies and tools, I thought I would work on the new design for the front of the chassis. I say new as I decided it was not all that smart to just attach the radiator to the front panel, so I am going to be adding another plate to the front of the chassis. So I chopped up some more aluminium! But first I found my beloved Sharpie!

Then I got to the jigsaw out and was left with a rectangle which is slightly larger than the front of the case. Remember it is easier to remove material then get material to magically reappear!

To get to the front of the case off I needed to remove MORE rivets!!!! There are 11 holding just the front panel on! This thing is most definitely not going to fall apart!

This includes 4 rivets which are in the side of the panel.

As the piece I cut out was slightly too big, I am going to have to file it down. However, I am going to wait for my new files to arrive.

 

[Bungral]

Very nice mate... Keep up the good work

 

[Kylevdm]

Very nice mate... Keep up the good work

Cheers mate No work will be done the next few days as it is my leavers ball at school tonight... haha

 

[Bungral]

Well enjoy the break from it and have a good night!!