MITS Altair 8800

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This is my version of the MITS Altair 8800. I wanted to make as faithful a reproduction of this hallowed machine as I'm able, especially one which has a fully 3D faceplate. I did take a few liberties and didn't go through great pains to size it out properly, but I tried to make it as close to the real thing (or at least, Google Images of the real thing since I've never seen one in person) as possible.

This is the device that started a revolution. Read about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altair_8800. I first learned of this early personal computer from the book The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution. It's a great book which goes through the early days of computing all the way up to the modern internet age, detailing the work of such revolutionary geniuses as Lady Ada Lovelace, Charles Ba