Project Sky Three is a mod that brings the concept of "stacking" to a new level: three cases, Q300P in particular, are modified to be unified into a single case, that's very tall and can house insane amount of cooling for its footprint.
It's specifically themed after the Sky Tree, a beautiful tower in Tokyo.
First of all, let's take a look at the three cases out of the box.
Now, after having torn apart the cases to leave the frame alone, I started taking measurements for the L profile that will fix the cases together.
I actually tried three different layout for the L profiles, the first was my original idea and it included four profiles on all angles, but it was way to squared and weird looking
So I moved on to an alternate layout, two profiles connecting first and second case, and two connecting second and third. It looked even weirder to me, and probably not sturdy enough
The third attempt was the successful, I really like this layout and will stick with this
For the feet, I bought some furniture handles and adapted them
As you saw, two angles will feature tubes between the cases, to allow a perfect alignment and stability. Two secure them, I use two little wooden bars for each tube, attached to the cases. This way, before I mount the case, I simply slide the tube in place and let it do the job
After having the cases fixed, I started putting threaded rivets on the sides of the cases, which will secure panels with fans and some cool lighting pieces I salvaged from the front section of the Q300P's.
Made some progress on one side... those lighting pieces from the Q300P's came in really handy!
Today we'll take a look at the side hinged panels that will house the intake fans, some case-cutting to start making room for everything and the gigantic radiators paired with amazing reservoir/pumps from Watercool and fans from Noiseblocker!
So let's start with the making of the hinged panels
Now to the front aluminum strips and first big cuts to the cases
Almost everything cut down, top case is next for the lifting
All three hinged panels completed at my booth at Campus Party Italia
Fantastic combo of Watercool/Heatkiller rads and res/pumps, together with some nice Noiseblocker fans. This will be soooo cool in so many ways!!
Now making the mounting for those combos from 8mm tinted acrylic
At the back we'll find a window all around the I/O area
At the front, I put two aluminum strips that will replace the middle tubes as I don't like them very much and don't help the structure integrity
To recall the handles of the original cases, Coolermaster Q300P, I decided to put new aluminum ones at the angles in the front, these will also allow a more comfortable time moving this beast around if necessary
In the lower area, I made a cover that will house all the cables from fans and pumps
For the cables that will run all the way from the PSU to the bottom, I made some covers to mount between the cases
And to close this update with the bang, I started working on the hardware compartment with a lot of panelling, we will also see the mounting position of the SATA SSD from Adata XPG.
Started the paintjob and polishing phase for the aluminum profiles
Mounting system for the fan controller
This midplate is something you'll soon see what it's there for
Attached four lightbars to the center case for a particular lighting effect
Started the paintjob and polishing phase for the aluminum profiles
A lot of cables run all across the three cases so I had to insert them before assembling the structure
And the paintjob goes on with other panels, Sky Three logo and Tokyo skyline
This is the dark side of this build: lots of cables at the bottom for the 14 fans, two pumps and all the RGB lights.
Time for some eye candy with a lighting test.
Let's start with the tubing and a very particular routing
Composite panel to close the bottom of the top case, along with clear smoked rear panel.
Cable management at the top. This was tricky.
Finally mounted the in-between covers for the cables that run across the cases
Last two painted panels for SSD and mini front cover with signature and glimpse of the coolant!
All ready to be fired up! Windows installed.
After a few months, Asrock hooked me up with a new motherboard for Sky Three, and since I had changed my art name after having completed this project, I had to change the name plate as well. Also, I gave another fast round of polishing to the aluminum profiles since they had got a bit rough with time.
And ready for final shooting. Pic next to his little brother who's also entering, Realgar 
