Project: Deuce

Posted:Sat Jul 21 @ 12:29 am

Deuce , 2 of a kind, 2 of what you want.... having a deuce is a good thing. This new rig is going to be an exercise in 2.

Dual Core CPU (Opty 185)
2GB of RAM
2 Hard drives
2 video cards (SLI) (2x 7900GTX 512MB cards)
2 water loops
2 reservoirs (dual EK MultiOption reservoirs)
2 pumps (Swiftech MCP350 and 355)
2 water colors (TBD)
2 Radiators
2 120mm fans on the top rad

You get the idea!
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It will reside in a Thermaltake Armor chassis. Mind you, this thing is HUGE!!! Plenty of space for all this magic to happen! I brought the side window panel on vacation with me, and went to town on it this week; It will be another hot rod themed build, except this onw will be a hot rod paint scheme from a Hot WHeel part. Stylistically, it will be very influenced by the build out of a Deuce coup.... but it will have modern flourishes....

The paint job will be based off of this:

Deep blue/purple on the base, and gloss black across the top of the cabin area. seperated by a flaming green stripe. Looks bad ass!!!

So I startes planning out my window. And after several days with a pencil, I hace the draft.

Keeping a mental note on the location of the cross beam. as well as the drive bays in the front. I shaped the main window to show off the motherboard, and to keep the integrity of the side panel locks. I added in a smaller window to the bottom area to break up the look of the "single large window":

note the stock that still remains around the flames and the corners. I learned something from blingGreen, and that is to make sure you leave the tips of the flames until the last This will keep you from applying a lot of pressure to the tips, and causing it to bend. So, you will see the flames work through in a few pictures....

Here is some more material removed from the flames... see them starting to form up? Smile

Workng through the flame centers....

Now.... here I go.... the side panel sitting at around 85% completion!!

more tomorrow, as I am tired tonight

M-I Admin Joined: Mar 17, 2006 Posts: 659 Location: USA

Looking good, off to a good start tech-daddy...

Posted:Sat Jul 21 @ 4:09 am

Very Nice

Posted:Sat Jul 21 @ 10:40 am

Nice Merc, I remember when they use to roam the streets of Lubbock, TX, the home of Buddy Holly. Must be showing my age now. I lived just down the street of Texas Tech Univ. Home of the Red Raiders. My how time flies. Happy Modding to ya.

Posted:Sat Jul 21 @ 12:41 pm

Great idea and well planned out. This onw will surely be just as or even more popular than Boss.

Posted:Sat Jul 21 @ 6:15 pm

Nice job on that window! Did you use a dremel or a file on those flames? Will the front lips of the armor case be left in place or removed? smrmmmmmprphPicsPicsPicsPLEASE!!!!! Maybe a sketchup?

Posted:Sat Jul 21 @ 9:05 pm

No doubt that will be another great mod from tech-daddy, sweet job on that side panel.

Posted:Sat Jul 21 @ 11:08 pm

Hehehe! Dremmel all the way! The steel on the side panels of the Armor case are (I think) thicker than normal steel! I was rolling through the reinforced cuttoff wheels on this cut! I've still got 10 more port holes to cut in the top. I files down the edges with hand files to get rid of some of the burrs on the edges.

The front plates will be left on in the final build, as I have plans for those too! Wink

The front bay covers will also get changed up pretty substaintially as well, but I will wait for those steps to show you my plans there...
Wink

Thanks guys!

PS: No sketchup models yet. I have not taught myself that wonderful tool yet. And I Have a very tight window to *possibly* finish this thing in... Wink

Master Mod God Joined: May 27, 2007 Posts: 845

Do we get to see something similar to that Merc's paint job on Deuce? I love that two tone with flamed divider look.

M-I Admin Joined: Feb 15, 2006 Posts: 2122

Cool another HOT ROD Smile

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Posted:Sun Jul 22 @ 6:38 pm

the paint job is what I am going for. If you will notice the cut of the window, and you draw the green stripe about 2-3mm above the curve, you will see how the green flamed strip will progress and divide the colors. Black will be on the top and front, green flame stripe, and then the candy blue/purple will be under the stripe... make sense?
Smile

Just got home from Arkansas... I have a ton of unpacking to do. More later!

Posted:Mon Jul 23 @ 10:05 am

Welcome home and I'm looking forward to this mod and the colors are going to be wicked. Happy Modding to ya.

Posted:Tue Jul 31 @ 12:00 am

"YO TECH!!! GET OFF YOUR BUTT AND MAKE AN UPDATE!!!!!"

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So... I have been busting a hump in my garage at my new house, trying to get more schtuff unpacked and moved into it's proper place, thusly getting it out of the garage.

Well, I made a significant amount of headway in organizing the garage this weekend, and that new found space same in really handy! As I got more done on the mod! (interesting how, if you have the space to stretch out, your work seems to flow more easily! Wink

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Using a 5/8 inch bit, I drillled out the ends of the top of the vents on the side panel, I then used my dremmel to cut a clean line down to the other circle. This made my lines nice and straight (for the most part) and the ends nice and round (again.... for the most part!)

And how will it look on the side of the case?

I then also started popping rivets like a mad man on the case, parted the whole thing out and started marking up my next cut lines, and putting everything in the utility sink for a good rinsing. Dust and crap all inside this thing.

I am hoping to get a new type of color process on the frame, we'll see though if I can make it work with the vendor. (fingers crossed)

Quakecon is coming up later this week! Cant wait to see everyone that will be there! And I'll pour some out for the brothers nad sisters that could not be there.

Posted:Tue Jul 31 @ 12:26 am

That's a lot of little holes on the motherboard tray! Looks good, nice cuts on the panel.

Posted:Tue Jul 31 @ 11:14 am

Those aren't holes, just a big connect the dots game. Smile