The man's side of it!

I thought I was a die hard Starwars geek until I saw this. I am not a case modder by any stretch of the imagination, but I love to admire the creativity and skills of these people. I'm going to take my grandkids to see episode three this afternoon, I can hardly wait!

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David Barry sez:
My case mod is a scale model of a Star Wars TIE Fighter, with a computer built right into the cockpit. And, it's also a desk! The whole case is built from scratch. As a die-hard Star Wars fan, I knew my first mod would have to incorporate something from Star Wars, and I could think of nothing cooler than a TIE Fighter. I got the blueprints online and got to work.
I started with the side panels (wings), which were cut from plywood. The cockpit of the TIE Fighter was most problematic part to build. After several failed attempts to create a ball out of Bondo, I finally found the perfect sphere-a Jolly Ball (a pet store item). A plywood cutout that I installed inside the ball holds all the computer components, and PVC piping connects the cockpit to the wings. Accurate detailing was created using wood filler, wood strips, glues, paints, and caulking. The whole thing was painted, and the desktop surface (Plexiglas) was attached.
Star Wars TIE Fighter Case Mod

The wood cutout allowed me to divide the cockpit into two chambers. The front chamber includes a FlexATX motherboard and an Athlon XP 1800+. All other components, including an 80GB hard drive, the power supply, and a CD ROM drive that pops out the bottom, are fitted into the rear chamber. The green laser canons on the front of the cockpit are the power-on and HDD activity LEDs. Power and reset buttons are built into a side panel. Red LEDs light up the interior of the case. A 12cm fan draws air out of both chambers.
Star Wars TIE Fighter Case Mod at Night

The entire project cost me about 300 dollars to complete (sans computer components), and I spent four months working on it.

David Barry

I can't remember how old your grandkids are, but I just wanted to warn you that a high number of the reviews I have seen for this movie are advising parents NOT to take kids - there is some really disturbing, graphic violence, including that against Jedi children.

That's why people are screaming crazy right now because it's being marketed so hard to kids, but almost every reviewer says it's not for young kids. Even Lucas is offering 'strong cautions' about taking kids.

Here's one link:
http://www.startribune.com/stories/859/5388985.html

It's obviously your family's choice, but I just wasn't sure if you were aware of all this, and I didn't want you to find out after it was too late.

Hope you enjoy their visit!!! :-)

Nancy

LOL I showed this to my geeky star wars hubby and he loved it.

The technology is amazing from today! I think we will technolgy like in Starwars just in a few years!