I had intended to cover up the big holes left in the back of the case, but
after I discovered the gap left by the missing motherboard tray was the perfect
size to keep bottles of booze in, I did the lazy thing and just left it. The
USB port on the front panel was made with the method I described in this
article. I still have not made blanking plates to cover the empty drive
bays, but this could be achieved easily using plastic sheet, or even with the
screw in type that come with some aluminium cases.
The case is more than big enough to accommodate a very good watercooling loop,
and I will probably do this at some point in the future, when I have a computer
worthy of watercooling to put in it. Another unique possibility that this case
creates is the feasibility of having a CPU aircooled with a ducted down 120mm
fan, because there is an entire foot of space between the CPU socket and the
PSU on the other side of the case.