Project Capella (Lian Li PC-P50R)

[Kibbler]

Danggggg ... been lurking, but time to post. Absolutely love the pic of the water shooting out of the new radiator discharge.

Can't wait to see what color you've chosen. And, I think you just made another sale for EK - that block is particularly nice!

Thanks Shazza glad to have you back!

i say go with a matt red(if you haven't already painted it )

Your suggestion noted and, well, since I've already made a decision and started painting, I can't promise anything . But I'll let the results speak for themselves soon enough.

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(Non)-Update...nom-update?

Hours of sanding + painful thumbs/fingers later I realize I have a Dremel (actually a B&D RTX, but I say Dremel colloquially. Like Xerox. Kleenex.) and steel brush attachments.

Why didn't I realize this sooner.

Progress is slow but steady.
Rad: 2 coats cured, the finish is *mmmuah*! It's basically sitting pretty waiting for the other parts to get to the party. The clear-coat party that is.
Bits and pieces: 2 pieces stripped, prepped, and primed. 2 (or 3? I think 2) more to go, then painting all 4. Then off to the clear-coat party - fashionably late.

I am brewing a little something in the pump/res department that I think you will like, but it will take some time to sort out all the pieces, in addition to a bit of metalworking which I shall undertake tonight. I need 1 part from PPCS and THE ENEMY'S GATE IS DOWN!!11onebbq

Wait...no. I mean PPCS is down. And I can't place an order.

So...I do apologize for the immediate lack of photo-tacular splendidness. There's cool stuff I wanna show you guys but I am trying to stick to a mental schedule of how this log should be presented. Just sucks that the mental schedule sometimes gets held back by physical progress or lack thereof. I like how XionX2 (just as a 1st example that comes to mind, there are others) is Johnny on the spot with his updates and it's something I'm trying to work towards.

Please stick around, will have more in good time.

EDIT: @Wezly thanks for the photos, that looks like a well designed backplate and I'll look into it.

EDIT2: THE ENEMY'S GATE IS UP!!11oneomg. Placed my PPCS order which should arrive just about when the parts have finished curing.