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Offline danbeaver

Re: AmigaOne x1000 case mod.
« on: April 06, 2014, 01:14:37 AM »
I would have laid the adhesive plastic within the indentations and carefully trimmed them with an X-acto knife.  One the black cases one could do the non-indented parts using white adhesive plastic with the red inbetween, then add a clear protective layer covering the whole door.
 

Offline danbeaver

Re: AmigaOne x1000 case mod.
« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2014, 12:24:03 PM »
Ah, we think alike!  

As a byproduct of the modeling craze of the '60s, we referred to the brand name stuff like X-acto knife, Testor's paint, etc.
 

Offline danbeaver

Re: AmigaOne x1000 case mod.
« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2014, 03:31:24 PM »
Quote from: Duce;762053
Looks very sharp, nice work!  I'm not a fan of how those cases (or any other plastic case, tbh - I'm a huge fan of the CoolerMaster Cosmos original case and the CM WaveMaster cases) look bare bones/unmodded, but your mod really makes the front panel pop with detail.

The case (a Fractal Design Define R4) is made in heavy steel (27 lbs.) with an excellent finish and sound dampening foam inlaid.  Only the front door is plastic, but it is heavy and about a solid 1 cm thick; it is attached with a full length clip that makes it very stable and robust.  The case has a huge amount of room for a mid-tower and a lot of room to route cables.  I've never read a bad review about it.