Erik Bmods

Thank you bro.  ,Now is accelerating greatly. Haha

Update!!

Very nice. I need a dedicated workshop/room to try this stuff. 

Great looking build so far, Good work and dedication, can't wait to see the finished product!
 

Update Time!!! Building of the bottom part of the outer body has started. This part went much smoother as I learned much from building the top portion of the body. Hope to have the actuators hooked up so all the moving parts of the mod will be finished and I can start focusing on details and cosmetics.
I also managed to finish up sanding and filling the top part of the body. I mounted the 3, 120mm TT Riing trio fans with a rad mount from an old TT x71 case I had worked great. now to design a facade to cover the cables and rad mount.
 
 

What is going on guys! Erik Bmods here, super hyped to be representing Canada in this amazing contest Thermaltake has put on. 
 
A lil info on my modding background. I started out building cuustom watercooled PC's in 2015 and slowly started doing more and more case modding. I have been fortunate enough to build some great relationships with many of the well known brands, which I have done mods with at such events such as CES and Computex. 
 
I want to wish the rest of the modders Thermaltake has invited the best of luck and I'm super honored to be competing against such a talented group.
 
More info on my project to come, till then here are a couple pics of previous mods I have built with Thermaltake.
 
Finally I want to thank all the sponsors, Thermaltake, AMD, ZOTAC, Plextor and Asrock.
 
 

Now for painting. Water based paint is a no-no when building with mdf so used enamel primer to seal everything nicely. Then on to the colour coats. For my colour scheme I wanted to match the mobo and GPU. So Metallic black and silver are the colours I went with. After laying the colours I sealed it with a high gloss clear. Love how it has turned out so far.
 
 
 

and progress..

 
 

 
 

 
 

Couldn't have said it better myself. Having tons of fun with this contest. 

Cheers Erik.   Watching your build as well it's looking awesome,
I'm sure we are all fowling each others progress.   And all the best to all who are entered. We may not know each other. And we may all have different lives But we all love what we do and love doing it.  
 

We are back with a quick update everyone. I have been working on the test fitting of the moving mobo tray and the RGB strip that will be lining the top portion of the P5 section of the mod. 
Moving MOBO Tray:
I built this with some guide rails and slides I had lying around from a broken 3d printer and a 12v linear actuator with a 6 inch extension. Keep in mind this is just a test fit to make sure this system worked, I will be decorating the panels the slide rails are attached to so they suit the theme of the mod.
 
RGB Strip:
The RGB strip is a 6mm acrylic panel cut to the shape of the previous aluminum panels and lined with a TT RGB plus LED strip.
 
I will do a more in depth post of the assembly of these parts once its more refined. Just wanted to do a quick update. Hope everyone enjoys!
EDIT: I cant figure out how to add vids atm so I will uplaod as soon as I can figure it out sorry  
 
 

Whats up guys. Back with another update.
 
This update consists of building the GPU bridge and plumbing the CPU block.
 
GPU Bridge: The GPU bridge is a combination of 2 3d printed brackets and the main support bracket from the Core P5 that supports wall mounting of the case. 
 
3d design for brackets that attach the Core P5 support bracket to the case. I also had to keep in mind clearance for the moving mobo tray.
 
 

Next I routed the flex tubing for the CPU and tested to make sure none of the fittings became lose from the up and down motion of the mobo and also to make sure nothing obstructed the tubing. I also cut the pci-e support brackets to house the Plextor SSD.
 

Whats up guys, back with another update. So I have started work on the outer body of the project. My first time doing this kinda woodworking and I had a ton of fun doing it....well maybe not the sanding.
 
First I needed to get all the right dimensions from my design.
 
 

I only have started the top section since it would be easier. Save the hardest for last lol. Still needs some filler and more sanding on some of the seems. Also I need to countersink and putty over the screw heads.
 

Update Time!!! Building of the bottom part of the outer body has started. This part went much smoother as I learned much from building the top portion of the body. Hope to have the actuators hooked up so all the moving parts of the mod will be finished and I can start focusing on details and cosmetics.
I also managed to finish up sanding and filling the top part of the body. I mounted the 3, 120mm TT Riing trio fans with a rad mount from an old TT x71 case I had worked great. now to design a facade to cover the cables and rad mount.
 
 

Hi Guys, 
 
Took some sweet shots of the new TT DP100-D5 Distro.









 

We now have designed its head .
we will use 3D print to nake this head and then connect it to body and foot 

Hello again.  Still progressing  :)
 
Because I have the fans pulling air in form the back of the case to make real use of the dust filter. I made some new stickers for the backs of the fans to make them still look like the front..
 

 

 
 
 
 
Building the base is a messy but fun. A lot a carving to be done. And dino's to make and fit to the base.
 

Above I used Cling_wrap to cover the parts. to keep them clean.
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

some photos, geometry of the future project.

Hi All, 
 
With another weekly update here. I am quite behind schedule so I will speed up my work in the coming too weeks. Expect lot more photos and progress within the month of November. 
So once the 3D prints for the two radiator fan grills  for  two 480mm radiators were finished, I glued the pieces together and brushed on some filler. 
Tried our sanding the parts down but it seems I need to do a patch up job for some parts.
For printing these parts i tried octoprint with raspberry pi (old model) I think because of the slow CPU, some parts came out very rough and unfinished. so that means more sanding for me 😢 
I cut the top mounting piece of the fan to check whether I can further integrate the grill closer to the fans and as one piece. I will make the decision on whether to do this or not as we proceed. What do you guys think?
Attached are the picture of this week  
peace V

Thanks BMods  you have upped your photo game better than me  
 

THX Bro.
There is still so much to see.
Stay tuned.

Man, this work log makin me feel like Im fallin' behind lol. Great work man! Excited to see the final mod.

Hi Everyone,
 
Just received some sweet sweet LCS fittings from TT. So I decided to put em on the photo table. 
Hopefully i get the other parts soon as well and then we will be off to build. I am currently ordering some of the stuff I need from online shops, so those should be here in time as well.