The Carbonite Shuttle mod

two different galactic heroes r2d2s & naked firefly
resin r2d2 (test) and original
finished r2d2 memory card
another view of finished r2d2 memory card
packages from Shuttle - one AMD, one INTEL
I'll combine parts from both to make what I need
system stripped down - every component cleaned seperately
front panel sanded, repainted, new lettering added, then clearcoat
every component was repainted to a consistent silver color
reassembing the system
front face panel with CDROM and FLOPPY
completed left side
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  • STAR WARS Han Solo Carbonite computer mod
    • Based on Han Solo from 'Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back'
    • Red and orange flashing lights on left-hand side
    • Multicolor sequencing light and multiple red/orange lights on right-hand side
    • Front mounted red power light and orange activity light
    • Red lighted exhaust fan
    • Combo 7-in-1 card reader and floppy drive
    • 10GB hard drive
    • 256MB memory
    • 24x CDROM
    • NOTE: Second case-only system built with slightly different panel arrangement
  • Custom mouse
    • Two button Optical mouse with red lighting
    • Based on Boba Fett's ship, the "Slave 1"
    • Small and compact, yet features great detail
  • Custom keyboard
    • Features metal STAR WARS logo
  • Custom USB memory card
    • 256MB drive space / R2D2 form factor and coloring
    • 512MB drive space / Darth Vader form factor and coloring
    • Both drives contain custom icons
    All images Copyright © Russ Caslis
    Do not use or reproduce without permission

    Special thanks to Kevin Tu of Shuttle Computer, Inc.
    for supplying parts for this mod

    Last updated: 09-22-2007 at 03:50

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