Interceptor

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Go Corey Gregory

I can't understand how you're not leading this comp, this mod is dope.
To build this from scratch is very impressive.
Obviously it's more of a popularity comp than a modding comp.
Anyway, you got my vote.....Good Luck Man!

If you were going for a pure and simple mod, with elegance and class for the more mature gamer, you nailed it!

So guys, now that we just made the deadline with our TIE fighter PC, i still want to fill you all in with all of the progress i had to hold off on in order to complete the PC. Firstly i will be posting some more pictures of the build all lit up with leds and liquid flowing through it, but here is a little progress first that i want to get you all involved in.

 

I have added a sound board/amplifier with two 4 ohm 3 watt speakers. I can load what ever sounds i want into it and program it to play every once in a while and make noise when i turn the PC on. I was thinking of having some TIE Fighter gun shots when i turn it on or have Darth Vader say welcome to the dark side etc... What famous lines/sounds would you like to hear from the star wars series?

 

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.
 

 

 

 
Core P5 Feet around the legs. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
More photos coming tomorrow. 
 
 
 

A toy? That's what's gonna happen if you are not enjoying mods... Modding is for art and expression... expressing your creativity, your imagination/ Showing others what you like, love, and passion. If you see this one as a toy my friend, then you haven't done real modding before... I am really sorry to say :'(

Mundi a good friend from ICEMODZ.COM  Has provided the build with some custom sized cables made from quality Paracord, 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!

 



 



 



 

Here is progress video 10 =) i hope you all enjoy

 

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.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Progress 9 video! i hope you are all enjoying the progress, i need to get moving on the build, only 9-10 days left!

 

thank you! =)
Thanks man!
 
 
Thank you very much =)

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 =)

Here is my progress 2 video guys =) I hope you all enjoy.

 



 

More updates shortly.

Hey guys, here is another update for you all, I got the ball nice and smooth and I also found some sort of mushroom vent thing that I took apart to use in the build. I am not 100% sure if i will be using it but it is all part of the progress so I will show it to you guys =) I have since used some acrylic and it has worked much better so there is another spot i am thinking of using this part in =).
 
Just found this for really cheap at the local hardware store, thought it might make a good lip to build the window off of.
 

 

 
Time to shred this vent into what we need. Firstly I had to remove a few rivets holding it together 
 

 
next a bit of jigsaw work to remove the bottom half.
 

 
After drilling a hole to get the jigsaw blade in, we cut the centre piece out as well
 

 
next comes the cleaning up part, a bit of file work
 

 
Some use of the grinding stone to remove any rough edges
 

 
And lastly the sanding wheel to polish it all off nice and smooth.
 

 
As I said before, I will be using this piece somewhere else now but its all apart of the progress so I wanted to show you all =)
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Welcome back guys, got a bit of progress done to show you all, I managed to find time to start filling in the frame work with some bog, this bog has fibre glass through it so it acts the same way as fibre glass does.

 



 

Applies pretty messy but well worth the extra strength that I need in this ball for later on.

 



 



 

Got it applied to the outside as well, so lets get the orbital sander going!

 



 



 

A few higher bits that I went over with the file as well.

 



 

I even decided to paint myself and the shed while I was at it.

 



 

And the hardest part of it all was trying to sand down that inside. Due to the concave shape of the inside the orbital sander was very difficult to use so we ended up using our delta sander. 

 



 

This took ages to complete as I am only showing you one quarter of the ball. So each process was repeated 4 times over. However the end result will certainly be worth it =)

 

I hope you are all enjoying the progress so far.