Very cool. ExtremeTech illustrates what you can do with a little skill, some time and a love for making cool mods.

I wanted to build my dad a case since I had already done one for my mom last year. He is a retired United Airlines mechanic, with 35 years of service. I figured it would make a great theme if I were to pay tribute to his long and illustrious career. Since he worked primarily on the Boeing 737s, I designed the case to resemble one with the United colors.

In order to keep the size relatively small and still fit all the components inside, I went with a pudgy, cartoon-ish look. I also chose to build only the right half so it could be set up against a wall, or hung up using a monitor wall-mount system. As such, it had to be reasonably lightweight as well. So I decided to use acrylic instead of wood or aluminum.

In order to make the case cover, I needed to build a special vacuum-forming table to bend the plexiglass sheet over the complex curves. And it had to be big enough to accommodate its 36″ length. After much trial and error, I finally got it to work. At this point I had spent more time and effort in the vac table than I had on the case itself! But it all started coming together quickly after that…. Source: ExtremeTech