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Now the next problem… overall height! This pic show much the duct is sitting proud of the back of the front panel. The black plastic in the foreground, bottom right, sits flush against the front of the case where the 120mm fan is mounted.

I removed some more glue bits and worked out that about 5mm had to be removed. Holding my pencil flat on the bench, I rotated the workpiece in contact with the pencil to give me a cutting guide.

In the vice and cut with the Dremel.

Close to the right height now. I sanded this further to clean up the cut and take off a little more material.

More filing required to clear the PCB of the LCD.

Another test fit. Looking good! Surfaces are now flush.

Coat of primer. Single, heavy coat of black satin spray paint (can). Recall, this is not visible and I was running out of time, so I settled for the rough finishing job.

Getting closer to the business end. Another test fit and I can see where I need to modify the front panel to allow everything to fit. One screw location (bottom, left) for the side-mounted USB ports was removed entirely. Some material on the right was removed previously. More marked for removal. It is not clear in this shot, but the marked plastic bits come into contact with the duct and deform the shape of the front panel.

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