OC & Modding 2016 Thermaltake CaseMOD Invitational Season 2 - HUFFER Build

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2016 Thermaltake CaseMOD Invitational Season 2 - HUFFER Build

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Hello,
I am Rakesh Sharma from INDIA. Representing my country at 2016 Thermaltake CaseMod Invitational Season 2 with a unique casemod reflecting my passion towards Jet-Engines. Being from an engineering family background I always had a great attraction towards machines and engines, but unfortunately ended up as a Software Engineer in real life.


And Jet-Engines are such a beautiful artwork of engineering with great sound and power, which makes me little more passionate about. Now through this CaseMod I will try to showcase (likewise) one essential equipment used for starting a Jet engine.
The MA-1A Air-start cart or the 'HUFFER' cart.


For this CaseMod, I will be modifying the Thermaltake Core X5 ATX Chassis.

ABOUT BUILD IDEA

MA-1A Air-start cart, some people called it the “Huffer”, is a start cart used to start Jet engines. This cart generates high velocity air, this air is then fed into the aircraft jet engine, causing it to spin or spool up with sufficient RPM for starting. The cart's air delivery system is powered by a small turbine engine. This thing has started many well known aircrafts like Lockheed F-104, Boeing B-52 and YB-49, a flying wing design bomber aircraft commissioned for service with the U.S. Air Force shortly after World War II.

* Thanks to AgentJayZ for sharing this video. And if you love the sound of starting of a turbine engine as I do, forward the video time to 5:42 Enjoy..

Due to its rugged design, MA-1A start cart is still used to start modern Fighter-planes and commercial airliner’s engines in many countries around the World.

My Case mod is focused on this “Huffer” design, with the Thermaltake Core X5 case showcasing as the main engine unit.


PREMIUM PARTNERS


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HARDWARE

CASE
Thermaltake Core X5 ATX Chassis


PSU
Thermaltake Toughpower DPS G RGB 1250W Titanium


PROCESSOR
Intel® Core™ i7-6700K Processor


MOTHERBOARD
ASUS ROG MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA


GRAPHICS
ASUS GeForce GTX 1070 STRIX


SSD
V-color VLM 100 M.2 SSD


HDD
Seagate FireCuda 2TB


RAM
AVEXIR


COOLING
Thermaltake Liquid Cooling Solution and accessories
 
UPDATE : 9-Nov-2016

Somewhat basic shell is ready.

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Now first filling of all joints and edges.

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Sanding down all the joints and rough sides, forming curved edges. Now will be doing a second fill and fine sanding before first primer layer.

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UPDATE : 12-Nov-2016

Moisture proof coating applied, one more sanding and shell is ready for primer.

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Cutting top panel, air inlet doors

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Just giving my opinion. .That wheel looks small when compared to the real huffer u posted in ur first post . .I think a thicker, wider tire which doesn't look like plastic might be better . .may be u can find one in rc hobby shop
 
UPDATE : 22-Nov-2016

Slow and steady build under progress.
Making mounting brackets for servo motors with LCD mounting in the top air inlet flap and little sneak peak on paint job.


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