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Wargames WOPR case

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Loved the movie as a kid. So unexpected build I love it. Huge credit for originality and the gigantic task you set yourself up for. Just connecting the 1 gazillion leds should scare anyone (but you apparently).

/ big hugs for brightening up my day (just don't go start no world war 3)

Hive Fire - Build of the Month March 2014.

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Glad you like this strange project :)

Made a new "tower" tonight, this is the biggest problem i have, i cant get it to fit correctly, proportions are off if i look at my replica and the movie the same time :)
Too much attention to details i think, i hope this is the last version.

 

Its drying now from the first layer of base paint.

Yes, its not cut to correct size yet, lower part of the tower is not straight, i know :)

 

woprglue2.jpg

I´ll add a screenshot from the movie also, to show where i´m going with this :)

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  • 7 months later...
Last weekend i decided to make big changes. When i first started the case project i used a noname Sketchup model that i refined to what i was thinking looked good.

I have cut the case on the width, and the length and got changes going for the "tower" atleast 5 times.

Now, i found that some proportions, angles were off from the real model.

 

So, last weekend, i decided to...

Start over...

Well, not really, i keeped the lower part and just remaking the top part, in acrylic instead of styrene plastic. Better strenght and also better base to put paint on later.

All electronics and LED-panels will still be used.

 

After two weekend of working, this is where i am at now.

Rocks on pretty sweet, i have done this one time before and knows what troubles i had last time. So putting all together goes really quick. Cutting all pieces took most of the time.

Right now its just a matter of putting all pieces together, and plan for the insides.

 

(Sorry for the mess, i cant clean the desk just for some pics ;) )

 

The WOPR 2.0

 

I started off with a frame and some quarter pieces of wood.

 

wopr20-1.jpg

 

Frame and side pieces holding the LED-panels are done.

 

wopr20-2.jpg

 

The current status. Held together with some tape.

 

wopr20-3.jpg

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Thank you for posting again, I'm eagerly awaiting the finality of the Cray build log aswell. *wink wink* *nudge nudge*

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Thank you for posting again, I'm eagerly awaiting the finality of the Cray build log aswell. *wink wink* *nudge nudge*

Cray case has been sitting in my closet unfinished for a while, but im actually working on the Cray when the glue dries on the WOPR :)

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This is absolutely amazing. Followed and I look forward to seeing the finished product!

 

 

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