Building a Lego Supercomputer - The Cray-1 - Part 7

 Finally it was time to put the model on Lego Ideas - you can see it here:

https://ideas.lego.com/projects/4a1111de-55fd-4236-9990-0b4e0cc599d1

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Building a Lego Supercomputer - The Cray-1 - Part 6

Having got the basic Lego design to more accurately reflect the the layout of the Cray-1 it was now possible to focus on colouring up the design and rendering the images

Some of the initial renders are below

 

Building a Lego Supercomputer - The Cray-1 - Part 5

The image below shows an early redesign featuring a new seat height and an "additional" tower between the two existing towers - to create more of the cylindrical outer shape of the Cray-1 towers 

With the revised hinge construction under the seat to place the base of the "middle" tower

It was this basic design would become the basis of the final model for each of the "Cray-1 Lego Units" - the base and now the two towers - that would be used in the Lego Cray-1 Supercomputer - in theory duplicating each of the "Cray-1 Lego Units" should create the the classic cylindrical design.