All very true, but if your intention was to make that look like a Jeep Rubicon you would have failed miserably.?
Maybe just me, but all that machining on a Cartel case would seem to me more use on welding and redrilling the crown at the correct height. Each to their own and there have been some great Cartel based builds, but the crown height is a dead give away and by the time anyone has figured out the HEV is a dummy they might well have spotted that it is not a Rolex movement inside.
Anyway Mister Built not Bought, I happen to know you have bought parts from Phong, Ruby, Tonnywatches and even the nameless one. Anyone with the skills and tools to fit a working HEV, raise the crown height, shape the case and the tricky to get right crown guards, fair play. For those of us using a modder for some or all of the work, buying better parts to begin with gives a better and more cost effective result.