Update time:



Here's a shot I took the last time around, it's out of focus, but it is still a better explanation of what I'm doing than my .TXT attempts.



This shot shows the ribs after I ground the yellow marked ribs down a bit.



This was the original plan, but I didn't have a single can of spray paint and I wasn't about to go out to buy a can. I never use the stuff, but I didn't feel like breaking out the air brush gear, so I used a brush. Now the oblique view should be very clear after I'm done touching up the black ribs manually.



This is what happens when you use a paper frisket that's been warped by slopping latex paint all over it . . .

There wouldn't be near as much underspray if I'd broken out the airbrush and I wouldn't have had to make up the masking parts for the rest of the case . . . oh well . . .



. . . it actually worked out better this way in the long run. If anyone else wants to try this insanity, I'm filing the "paperwork" for future scanning and posting, maybe I should just go ahead and do it for posterity? :lol:



I've retouched the orange sections with a finer brush, X marks the spot where I think I'll find that final snag, but cleaning up the rest of the ribs as well will make for a nice oblique shot at some point.

Carving away at the ribs manually will make for a nice lookin' top view as well as being enjoyable. I love getting into the groove when I'm doing this kind of work, carving signs, furniture parts, whacky gizmos and doing sculpture.

ATX conversion with a new Soft Power Circuit is coming along nicely in a parallel thread, so that's under control as well.

Next on the list is modular tower surgery! [] ]'>