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Message: <blockquote data-quote="zCexVe" data-source="post: 438474" data-attributes="member: 3878">Here's how it looks with the metal panel in front. (tape removed!)The next thing was to fill in the upper and lower gaps with blue plexi. I cut out two pieces and glued them into place,but not before cutting some wiring access holes for the center button assembly.There it is in all it's glory! I can't wait to get it on the case to see what it looks like on there, with the doors and everything.Other accomplishments over the weekend:Drilled and tapped all holes for mounting the fins (and I didn't break any more taps! Very Happy )Found some nice sleeving for the wires (to be disclosed at a later date Razz )Bodywork done on 737 and delivered to Scott for paint prep. Very HappyThis week I intend on mounting the fins, so I will be doing a lot of finish work over the next few days.I may not get to post daily like last week, so bear with me! But it will be worth the wait. Trust me!Ok, so I spent the entire night last night drilling holes in the side panels and dry-fitting the fins. Good thing too, because I had to come up with something different for the top and bottom fins in order to fasten them to the panels. You see, the panels are rounded on the edges. So much so, that when the fin is sitting flush with the top, the screw mounting hole is right on the cusp of the corner radius, making it impossible to use a pan-head screw. So I had replace the screws with little metal dowels (previously known as pop rivet mandrels lol). I tapped them into the holes in the fins, and will JB weld them inside the panel after all the finish work is complete.Ok, ok! I guess I could post a few of them. Smile Here's a shot of the before...As I mentioned before, I had to do something different for the top and bottom fins. As you can see,there is no room for the pan head screws because of the proximity of the holes to the edge. I had tostick these dowels in and JB weld them in place.I had to physically "brush" the aluminum fins in order for them to look like the rest of the case.Here is a before and after shot.Here are the after shots.You probably noticed the oblong hole in the above shots. This is where the IO ports used to be.I've got something planned for this, as you might have already guessed.I have been working on the 737 case this week, getting the decals back on it, and the new windows in.Look for another update on this over the weekend.The fins are amazingly strong. I could grab one on each side and pick up the case, and they barely bend or deform the panel. Not that I would carry the case like that for any length of time though. But they should withstand any incidental bumping that may/will occur.Well I spent most of the weekend lamenting over the 737 frame, so I didn't get as much done on this as I had originally planned. I did, however, get some work done on the IO panel, which will cover one of the square holes on the front panel. I hope to get pics up tonight, or tomorrow, but don't hold your breath. I have to get the 737 up and running this week so I can take it down to GeforceLAN next week.This will be a hectic 7 days..........Ok, it's crunch time people! I got just a few days left to finish this thing up and get it submitted. I haven't even had time to post any updates, although I did manage to snap a few shots in between my frantic fabrications.Anyway, here's a quick non-pic update. I lost 3 prescious days last week going to GeforceLAN (not that it wasn't an awesome trip and well worth it), so I had to kick it up a notch over the weekend to make some decent progress. I was in the garage til 3am on Saturday getting the wiring layed out and cutting the motherboard tray for cable access. I measured and marked the locations of the SATA & IDE ports, USB, firewire, and ATX power. Then cut holes in the motherboard tray at those points. I will be running all cables from the psu in behind the mobo tray, only popping out where they will be plugging in. The only cable not doing this is the pci-e video card power cable. It gets special treatment, and will be dressed up with blue sleeving and chrome end caps.I should be able to finish up the wiring tonight and get the rest of the components in. Then tomorrow I can fire it up and get pics taken.Nothing like coming down to the wire! I would not have had a prayer if they hadn't extended the deadline two weeks. Yes, I would have submitted on time, but the case wouldn't be half as good as it is right now.Once I get this thing submitted, I will finally have some time to go through all my pics and get them posted. I got quite a bit too! And it wasn't so much of a secrecy thing as it was a lack-of-time thing. I highly doubt anyone would have been as insane as I was to attempt to do what I did in two months! lolNot entirely sure. I imagine they will post the entrants tomorrow or thereafter somewhere on their forum, and then open it up for voting. Thing is, you need to be registered there, and have over 20 posts in order to vote. They did this in an attempt to discourage friends and family from logging on only to bolster a contestant's votes.I think voting will last until the end of November, and they will announce the winner in December.I just submitted my entry, with little over an hour to spare! weeeeeeeeI am now about 4 beers into a 6-pack,and feelin' mighty fine! EDIT: Moved all the finished pics after all my catch-up worklog pics, just to put them in chronological order</blockquote>

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