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Sorry i didn't get to show loads of progress, i was under the pump trying to get this finished, i used items laying around to create this with some acrylic, the shell is all one removable piece to make easy access to the components. Here is the final results!
 
Please feel free to check out our video progress here: www.youtube.com/imfacerollpcgaming
 
or more photos here: www.facebook.com/imfacerollgaming
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Everything was air brushed and i tried to go for a rusted weathered type of feel for the end result, I also painted the riing fans to make them look aged. The guns were highlighted with white on the tops of the barrels and black on the bottom to create share effects as if it were real life. This same method was applied throughout the build. The shell is all one piece and can be taken on and off with easy to reach the inside components.
 

 

 

 


I used a bit of body filler down the bottom to represent a bit of mud 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
A big thank you to Mwave, Thermaltake, Intel, Asus and Kingston for hosting this competition and letting me be apart of it!

Looks good corey! Loved the tie advanced build and this rig looks promising too!

Looks good!
R u sure there won't be any copyright-aggressive stuff from blizzard?

wow, this is a cool project man! 

Today i got a chance to start on the Tank/Train Hybrid build. Our case of choice (Thermaltake Core P3) will make a nice base to get our build started. 
 
To begin with i started by sanding back the Core P3, adding some layers of etch primer and coating the whole case with an ages copper base coat.
 

 
Next I created these radiator stands and attached them to the sides of the case for dual radiator placement.
 

 

 
Lots of acrylic work will be done to this build and our first bit of acrylic work is of the front section of our machine.
 

 

 
We cannot really call it a tank/train without it having some tracks so we grabbed some cheap bike chains and welded them together to create a nice wide track
 

Here is the last of our hardware updates before we get into the modding. Got to take a few photos of the fittings today after work so here are a few pictures.
 
Sorry, got a bit creative

 

 

 
Next updates will be the build progress.

Here are the Pictures with LED's turned on and liquid flowing! I tried to take a picture with each RGB colour cycle to there are a few but i hope you all enjoy =)
 
If you enjoy my build please vote for it using this link: http://community.thermaltake.com/index.php?/topic/49112-vote/ my name is Corey Gregory You have a chance to win prizes just be voting.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
If you enjoy my build please vote for it using this link: http://community.thermaltake.com/index.php?/topic/49112-vote/ my name is Corey Gregory You have a chance to win prizes just be voting.

Here are the Pictures with LED's turned on and liquid flowing! I tried to take a picture with each RGB colour cycle to there are a few but i hope you all enjoy =)
 
If you enjoy my build please vote for it using this link: http://community.thermaltake.com/index.php?/topic/49112-vote/ my name is Corey Gregory You have a chance to win prizes just be voting.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
If you enjoy my build please vote for it using this link: http://community.thermaltake.com/index.php?/topic/49112-vote/ my name is Corey Gregory You have a chance to win prizes just be voting.

Good god, you're a mad man. Where did you even come up with the idea to build a computer in a tie fighter? I'm sure you mentioned it, but reading is for those who sleep  

Wow, it came together great! For filling in the channels with enamel, do you paint them, and wipe off the extra enamel on the surface before it dries?

If you like the build please please take a minute to go and vote for it in the following link, prizes to be won for voting. (Corey Gregory)
http://community.thermaltake.com/index.php?/topic/49112-vote/
 
Thank you for all the support, we have finally completed the build, apart from filling it up, which will be done tomorrow. 
Feel free to vote for us, if you like what we have done. 
Special mention, this build was all completed by hand, no CNC or 3D printing machines were used. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Working on 2 hours sleep, still going strong.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
More Photos soon. If you like the build please please take a minute to go and vote for it in the following link, prizes to be won for voting.(Corey Gregory)
http://community.thermaltake.com/index.php?/topic/49112-vote/
 

Hey guys, sorry for the lack of updates the past few days, been so busy working every day until midnight to get this PC complete so i hope you all understand. I have the footage recorded so i will eventually get it done. But for now here is a sneak picture of where i am at. I used a pencil to draw up the panel lines then etched the whole thing top and bottom with the dremel and it took a shit tonne of time but well worth it.
 

Grills being glued for the top of the tie-fighter. 
 

 
My customer reservoirs have now joined the dark side. 
 

 

 
Starting to come together now! More details being added to the tie-fighter. 
 

 

Hey guys, sorry for the lack of updates the past few days, been so busy working every day until midnight to get this PC complete so i hope you all understand. I have the footage recorded so i will eventually get it done. But for now here is a sneak picture of where i am at. I used a pencil to draw up the panel lines then etched the whole thing top and bottom with the dremel and it took a shit tonne of time but well worth it.
 

Grills being glued for the top of the tie-fighter. 
 

 
My customer reservoirs have now joined the dark side. 
 

 

 
Starting to come together now! More details being added to the tie-fighter. 
 

 

Working out the positioning of the wings, getting them ready to be attached ! 
 

 

Tie-Fighter Advanced wings are getting test fitted before i finish them off. 
 

 

 

 

 

Duuuuude. epic.

You guys know how much i love the sanding so i have more for you today and a nice looking TIE Advanced body.
 
Starting off with the orbital sander to bring the body filler down nice and smooth, was a very fast process with the 80 grit paper.
 

 
Finishing off the side sections with the delta sander as it is much smaller.
 

 
Also took the time to get the join of the two sections nice and sharp
 

 
And here is the shaped up body
 

 

 

 
Will need to add a bit of grease back into the sliders
 

 
Time to start some detailing! Firstly with the front cut outs. I need to wipe down the wings to apply some vinyl as a cutting guide
 

 

 

 

 
Now that the vinyl is applied it is time to get the grinder out
 

 
A bit of hammering and using the flat head screw driver and we get it out.
 

 
Just a bit of dremel work to clean it all up
 

 
Now to install a back piece in there to work off of. I cut out some acrylic pieces and sanded them to side
 

 

 
A bit of araldite will hold it in place  
 

 
Now i am using our foam again to fill in the edges
 

 

 
I also removed some of the steel rod on the guns so that i could foam around them to form up the guns.
 

 

 
This bigger piece that i put on the BBQ was a bit too big for the mould so it got a couple of waves around the outside. I concentrated the heat gun on each individual wave to get them all flat.
 

 

 
As you can see, the front half has been fixed, time for the second half of waves.
 

 
Here is what the TIE Fighter looks like with the windows on
 

 
Foam is finally dry! time to carve!
 

 

 
I hope you are all enjoying the progress, more shortly.
 

Time to get some strength into the build guys! This build is going to have some weight but who cares =) it is only going to be a display build, so lets get stuck into it!
 
Starting to fibre glass the body everyone, i started by coating the body with the resin before applying the first layer
 

 

 
As i add the layers i brush more of the resin stuff over it to make sure there are no dry patches.
 

 
Three layers later and this is what it looks like 
 

 
All dry now and cured so its time to cut off the excess fibre glass.
 

 
On to the windows of the TIE fighter now everyone, I got the vinyl plotter out to stick some vinyl down to use as a cutting guide
 

 
weeding the bits of vinyl off that we do not need
 

 

 
Now i am sticking the vinyl down on some application tape so i can apply it easier
 

 
cutting it to shape  
 

 
Sticking it onto the acrylic, there are a couple of rough spots but lucky this is only a guide =)
 

 

 
Time to Jigsaw the acrylic with our plastic cutting blade
 

 
Final result!
 

 
A bit of sanding to clean up the jigsaw marks
 

 

 
Here are some other windows we cut out using the same process.
 

 
Anyone want some BBQ acrylic?
 

 
The heat of the BBQ heats up the acrylic evenly where as the heat gun is good for maintaining heat in areas. I used the cut outs of the ball i had left over as a mould to get the curve in the acrylic. After that any waves left in the acrylic i can hit with the heat gun.
 

 
I plan on etching panel details into the build so today i am layering a 3mm thick layer of body filler over the body. The body filler is also a good surface for me to paint when smooth.
 

 

 
I hope you are all enjoying the progress =)
 

Wow it is amazing what can be done with a jigsaw! Thanks for showing the bbq method for acrylic, really handy!

Interesting

Mundi a good friend from ICEMODZ.COM  Has provided the build with some custom sized cables made from quality MDPC-X, these cables are longer than standard lengths to create some loose cable for the sliding PSU tray. The colours also suit the star wars theme a lot better!
 

 

 

 

Lots of progress here guys! Some custom reservoirs, starting the details of the build, priming the build and working on the wings.
 
To kick things off, i measured up the mesh and used some painters tape to mark my cuts out for the wings
 

 

 
This is only one layer of mesh, there will be one layer on the inside and on the outside
 

 

 
Welded some legs to the steel rods inside the ball. The core P5 feet are made from steel so then have been welded to the legs and the plastic core p5 feet slide right over them
 

 
Starting to put a couple layers of prime on
 

 

 
Had an old reservoir so i decided to create two of my own custom reservoirs out of it. Removed the threaded part, sanded it down, and cut the tube in half.
 

 

 

 

 
I then cut out a bottom section for the two halves.
 

 
Time to Tap a G1/4 threading through the acrylic panels.
 

 

 

 
And now for the end caps, I also put a threaded hole in the end caps for an easy fill port.
 

 

 
Time to mend it all together and clean it up
 

 

 

 
Now what would a TIE Advanced be without Darth Vader himself? So I decided to vinyl our reservoirs
 

 

 

 

 
The vinyl will be getting peeled off later on. Time to prime the reservoirs!
 

 

 
A really old dead motherboard comes in handy for some detail parts, I have sourced all kinds of junk from the shed to use for details.
 

 
As you can see, by sanding the motherboard a tad, it reviles the copper circuit inside, i think its a nice touch to that inside area, also got some small pipes to add in.
 

 

 
Printed out an image of a TIE Advanced to i can circle the detail bits i have complete as i progress through.
 

 

 
Working on some of the ball detail so i need to get that curved shape into the detail so it sits flush with the ball.
 

 

 
Lots of hours later and we have some details all glued and ready to go. I used a few old capacitors/caps for some of the details.
 

 
Time to work on the top section of the ball. Measured out where i want my cuts to go.
 

 

 

 
Some more details heated up and formed into the dome shape, that mould i kept really comes in handy.
 

 
A bit of acrylic cement and this becomes a permanent fixture =)
 

 

 
The glue marks will not matter as this will all be painted =)
 

 

 
Added a couple more details so fill in the empty gaps.
 

 
And taped some mesh down to show you guys what i want to do tomorrow.
 

 

 
This mesh will be glued in place with a strong adhesive.
 
I hope you all enjoyed the progress.

Lots to get done in a short amount of time! Just started on the last section of the body using the mould-able aluminium.
 
Finally got our hands on the grinder to cut this aluminium out faster!
 

 
Used some tape to hold the sheets in place while i am working with the build.
 

 
Got the grinder out to cut the curve shape into the back end.
 

 
Turned out nicely if i do say so myself =)
 

 
Flipped the build over to repeat the same process
 

 
To keep that nice even edge i put some foam in between the top and bottom pieces
 

 
Then added a bit of tape to keep it all in place while the foam dries
 

 
All dry now so time to carve out the excess foam and clean the edges up!
 

 

 
I hope you guys like the progress so far!