Creating a HitBox style stick

Hi,

ive been researching how to create a HitBox style stick for a few days now.

Ive narrowed it down to to two ways :

Mod a TE stick into a fightstick
Create one with a PS360+ and a tek-innovations case

What i would like help on is :

what would i need for modding the TE fightstick (besides the replacement plexi and buttons etc)?
would there be any soldering required with modding a TE stick?
which way would you recommend and why?

Thanks!