Looking good there

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Thank you, comrade B! [] ]'>

Is that transparent chassis to go inside the Classic shell? Because, looking at your first two pieces, and remembering the general flatness and angularity of boxmac rear shells, it occurs to me that fabbing up a transparent plexi rear shell would not be unpossible.

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Actually, it's a lot harder to do an inside fit than the external shell from the way I see it. So, of course, the shell slips around mine . . . : . . . hence, the MacQuariumChassis™ moniker! [] ]'>

Actually, for a near perfect clear case fab, all it'd take is a vacuum forming rig for the front, top & back sections, a router-table-ized dremel (preferably a real router, if available) for rabbeting and doing the cutoff work using jigs, a plexi-bender for the rounded edges, and boom, the whole things done! [] ]'>

For a less perfect shell, just snap, bend, saw, flame polish the edges and it'd be plenty good enough for anyone but a . . .

. . . erm . . . never mind! )

A good version for anyone who can stomach the Mini's "styling" . . . . . . bleh!

Use a few pieces of aluminum angle stock for all the joints, give the front a perfectly flat face like the ProtoMacPic in my ShugartMac thread over on 'fritter (I found it online, but it might have been from AppleDesign originally) festoon the front & sides w/an incisor removal AluminumAppleLogo and it'd be a decent combo of the best of the pre-128k ultimate FrogDesignProtoMacLook™ . . .

. . . and the least apalling example of the IvesDesign/JobsDesignerWannabe™ era! } :lol:

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