My custom 1200 tower Starting

[rampartsagain]

well let´s see how is it going to be when i get more cutting disks ,last time almost run out of them need some more to finish the job,then i should do some more symbols on top ,the flags part ,and then for paint job

[Retrofan]

Thanks. There's something that I don't like of what you are planning:
"i don´t want any amiga fan saying that his country flag is not there"
but really I don't know how are you doing it... So much flags from the countries. It's just your work, no need to put ... 200 flags ?

[rampartsagain]

iam going out now,but i wil make a bar on ventilation side shafts with the flags with acrilic i think it should be ok i think but i will pre print and show on top of the side steel for you to see

[rampartsagain]

well here is some update pre printed and ready to cut i plan to start thusday but because is holliday maybe it will be started friday

[diablothe2nd]

is there no way you can leave some metal behind for the inside of the p,o,e,d,b and A or is that too fiddly?

I must admit after seeing this i *almost* caved in and decided to abort my wedge in favour of a tower because your work is so darn inspirational

[Retrofan]

Originally Posted by diablothe2nd

is there no way you can leave some metal behind for the inside of the p,o,e,d,b and A or is that too fiddly?

No, that's impossible. It will be nice as it's drawed. Some light through it will make it look nice.

[diablothe2nd]

Originally Posted by Retrofan

No, that's imposible

nothing's impossible.... just an order of magnitude of improbable

/me is glass half full kinda guy

he could, for example, cut the metal middle bits and glue them to a clear perspex backing

[rampartsagain]

i am kinda prepar for those cuts ,but i think it will be piece of cake

[rampartsagain]

well some more updates i started with the difficult part.












also retouch some pints of the ball, the worst part out of dremmel discs for now
hope you enjoy the upodates

[johnim]

great mate very professional

[rampartsagain]

thanks johnim i thought of doing the hard part in one single session ,then perfecting too many metal powder in the air althoungh i am kind of hurry not toleave metal oxide ,then mass for retouching some points that dremmel cut a little ,primary and then for the paint job

[johnim]

i always rush and ruin it. you are

[Retrofan]

Really perfect cuttings

[rampartsagain]

you are too kind

the diablo idea is quite a good one but that is the easy part and could be left for the end,and i know a better tchnik for that despite of beeing just glued. i had another idea poped out of my head today but just wondering

[Retrofan]

Originally Posted by rampartsagain

excellent you too got skills, NICE!

looks like a ducati although i prefer race type,not naked
but is just my opinion looks a cool bike.

Perhaps you would like to see what I did with a Custom Yamaha Dragstar... http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=QLca53M3IhI. As you won't know how it is originally, just look other videos and you'll see what's the best bike. Or if you want to know what can you do with a VW Beetle from scratch, you can watch where I'm riding now everyday... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IsQEh33Fqo. You, of course can't imagine half the things they have installed...

[rampartsagain]

that is a cool bike kind of us cop bike people where you live must be

the beetle is also very impressive i would love to get some chicks there

[rampartsagain]

this afternoon while sleeping i had this dream to put the express on the case the
C=
EXPRESS

on top of the case retro i liked the letters on your vtr which is the font used can you tell me?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OVjt2JfiGw

[Retrofan]

Originally Posted by rampartsagain

this afternoon while sleeping i had this dream to put the express on the case the
C=
EXPRESS

on top of the case retro i liked the letters on your vtr which is the font used can you tell me?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OVjt2JfiGw

Sorry, I did them a long time ago, but I'm almost sure I drew them, as I didn't find the font.

[rampartsagain]

oh ok that video inspired me

[Tiago]

Excellent work !!!!

I will drink some beer (Superbock) to that project today !!!
Nice to see some good ideas from our country !!

[rampartsagain]

Yep Friend and there is more where that came from just out of funds till now ,just puting other projects on front ,i am also looking for that bang idea i know that is something missing but i don´t know what if you know what i mean
i drink one to this and to you cheers

[lesta_smsc]

rampartsagain - any more developments?

[rampartsagain]

till now i am a little confuse because i miss something on the tower i want to pimp it with a display and moving parts but ,i am kind of around with the accelerator card that i want to put in the tower,i kindly ask for anyone that can arrenge me the gal images of the chips or send them for me to copy them i will pay the postage if anyone can send them to me,or make a friendly price of someone that has one that has a broken conector or so ,because i just need the chips for coding now,plus my wifes car broke i put too many oil in the engine ,that is what you make when puting oil on car at night
i will post more advences further,plus i have to split a 3.9 rom to fit in the motherboard and i am missing that part there are too many things ,if you know what i mean
i am also designing new pcb under dip trace for other projects, i am planing do my own 4way buffer adapter for amiga ,designing my own stuff like kipper,but this pcbs are done by me.
thanks for your reply friend

[rampartsagain]

You must wornder what happened to the tower and now i release more uptades is a litle grosse but soon i will do the precise retouches ,from now some of the hard cuttings

[real1]

Excellent work!

[Retrofan]

[johnim]

great work there mate

[rampartsagain]

thank you for your support i will soon do more updates on this project thank you all

[rampartsagain]

And now a taste of things to come.
where did i heard this before??????





Almost ready for anti rust painting

[lolafg]

Superb work

[rampartsagain]

Thanks for your coment
i would appreciate if anymore persons got comments or ideas that think cool

[lesta_smsc]

Latest images show a much smoother texture - did you 'buff' this out?

[rampartsagain]

hi ,it was sand papered some leters need drilling in some points ,and also some metal filing

[AlfaRomeo]

Only saw this thread today...
That work has a very professional look.
Great work man, very qualified

As someone already said before, with inside neons, it would be excellent

[rampartsagain]

Thank you friend good to be recognised on my country we will keep talking on amiga Portugal

[Hewitson]

Wow... That work almost looks like it was laser cut, you've done an incredible job!

[Drucifer]

This is such a cool case, wish I had a fraction of that talent!

[rampartsagain]

Thank you guys for the reply´s i have been busy with other projects on amiga Portugal site and also with a a1200 motherboard of a friend that bought an ntsc board from vesalia and i managed to put in pal mode with some ,little bugs like a little shadowed image but i think is kind of normal in lcd tv´s but still need some more work to be finished ,i will soon pick this project again,and once again thank you for all your comments.

Kind regards

JOSÉ GONÇALVES

[prowler]

Originally Posted by rampartsagain

...i managed to put in pal mode with some ,little bugs like a little shadowed image but i think is kind of normal in lcd tv´s

Yes, that can be a problem with LCD TVs at certain resolutions due to the inflexible nature of discrete pixel arrays.