• *Pimp my PC*

    Posted by Robert Lambie on December 23, 2005 at 6:48 pm

    Not exactly signs, but good fun none the less…
    the following is a computer andrew has bought for his wee girl for xmas.
    she wanted something pink and loves the cartoons that are featured below. having searched high and low for a pink PC and the like he gave up after only being able to locate pink mice and keyboards.
    so plan B came into swing….

    strip down the pc
    rub down, etch, spray paint & laquer it pink!
    rebuild it
    digital print the images from stuff located on the net
    apply images & some cut vinyl text…

    im sure she will love it… 😀


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    John Singh replied 18 years, 4 months ago 14 Members · 25 Replies
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  • steve geary

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    December 23, 2005 at 6:53 pm

    Awesome Andrew and Rob!
    :thumbsup:

  • Nick Minall

    Member
    December 23, 2005 at 6:59 pm

    Now that’s a good idea :wow:

  • David Rowland

    Member
    December 23, 2005 at 7:26 pm

    awww bless… this idea has gone through my mind… but not for little girlies though..

    the fascia plates on the CDRoms / floppys come off easily.. could do them with spray.. powerup the pc.. eject the CD and hard-power off then release the snap locators on the panel.. panel then slides off the draw.

  • Nicola McIntosh

    Member
    December 23, 2005 at 7:30 pm
    quote Dave Rowland:

    the fascia plates on the CDRoms / floppys come off easily.. could do them with spray.. powerup the pc.. eject the CD and hard-power off then release the snap locators on the panel.. panel then slides off the draw.

    you forgot about the vaseline in the lenses dave……………………. :lol1:

    nik

  • Robert Lambie

    Member
    December 23, 2005 at 7:45 pm

    hi dave
    yeh we thought about comp wraps a while back when we just got the grenadeir. but everyone and their auntues are doing them these days.
    we could have went all the way and done the drawers etc but we went against it because those are the bits getting solied or chipped the most with continual use.
    if you seen our grenedaier. we have spray painted the covers ourselves… looks good and nice n shiney. :lol1: i actualy plan doing a wole new look grenadier, even considered a wrap, but again went against it… oh the flood of ideas you get when you buy a printer. so many possibilities, so little time. 😕 :lol1:

  • David Rowland

    Member
    December 23, 2005 at 7:51 pm

    oh really Rob… you mean you put go faster stripes on it to try and keep it up with the JV3 :lol1: :lol1:

    Nik.. vasceline hey nik 😉

  • Robert Lambie

    Member
    December 23, 2005 at 8:04 pm

    does the jv3 actually print more square metres per hour than the grenadier dave?

  • David Rowland

    Member
    December 23, 2005 at 8:05 pm

    quite possibly 😉

  • Robert Lambie

    Member
    December 23, 2005 at 8:18 pm
    quote Dave Rowland:

    quite possibly 😉

    grenadeirs top speed is about 28 square metres an hour.
    is jv3 faster? 😉

  • Marcella Ross

    Member
    December 23, 2005 at 8:55 pm

    OK…. you 2 are getting too technical and boring here…..

    THE PC LOOKS FAB!!!!! 😀 😀 😀 😀

  • Robert Lambie

    Member
    December 23, 2005 at 9:08 pm
    quote Marcella:

    OK…. you 2 are getting too technical and boring here…..

    THE PC LOOKS FAB!!!!! 😀 😀 😀 😀

    well said :lol1: :lol1: :lol1: 😉

  • John Wilson

    Member
    December 23, 2005 at 9:26 pm

    Looks good, pity I couldn’t think of things like that lol 😀 😉

  • Marekdlux

    Member
    December 23, 2005 at 9:29 pm

    Cute one!
    Now where is the boys version with army men and blood?
    -Marek

  • Robert Lambie

    Member
    December 23, 2005 at 9:31 pm

    marick, we are doing a hobnobs one just for you mate! 😉 :lol1:

  • Marekdlux

    Member
    December 23, 2005 at 9:39 pm

    😀
    I have been saved. I found a supplier of hobnobs here in California. They are $3 a pack (the small one). This will definately save me some money from having to keep flying out there to get my fix. 😀
    They also have every imaginable type of beer from the UK.
    It’s Tetleys, Bodingtons and Guiness for Christmas for me! :lol1:
    -Marek

  • Robert Lambie

    Member
    December 23, 2005 at 9:44 pm

    breezers, you forgot breezers… be a real man… get a good fizzy one in yeh! 😉

  • Marekdlux

    Member
    December 23, 2005 at 9:51 pm

    I think they had some there….must have been there with the toys and candy. 😉
    BTW, changed the avitar. They last one was making me go in to convulsions.
    -Marek

  • Nancy Wannous

    Member
    December 23, 2005 at 9:52 pm

    PC looks good I like it Nancy

  • Shane Drew

    Member
    December 23, 2005 at 10:09 pm

    note to self : don’t let 8 yo daughter read this post 😮

    (nice job Andy)

  • Robert Lambie

    Member
    December 23, 2005 at 10:13 pm

    :lol1: :lol1: :lol1: thanks for replies folks….

    oh and marick… how did you get LED’s under your beard mate? 😮 :lol1:

  • Leigh

    Member
    December 23, 2005 at 11:54 pm

    oh that is just too cute!
    great work – she will love it 🙂

  • David Rowland

    Member
    December 24, 2005 at 1:26 am

    i think the grenadier will match our machine anyway.. i think most of it is down to width of machine and how you run the nozzles.
    The JV3 is advertised at something like 30sq mtr/hr but we never run it at that. I know you like a bit of banter Rob 😎

  • Carrie Brown

    Member
    December 24, 2005 at 2:49 am

    Thats great Andy, she’s going to love it … fab ….. Great job!! :thumbsup:

    We have plans to do our kids pc when they get one … but we need to wait a couple more years yet for them to get a bit older and have there own. Then again Stephani is 3 and she already knows her way around the internet …… well ….. she can find cbeebies no probs :lol1:

  • Terry Bull

    Member
    December 24, 2005 at 8:26 pm

    great job ..what an improvment

  • John Singh

    Member
    December 24, 2005 at 9:11 pm

    note to myself: Don’t let wife see this post

    The rest of the board can see it but not the missus’

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