In the last several years I have been involved in building a biologically detailed model of the Macaque V1. Our aim was to build a single network model capable of most of the major V1 functions, in the hope that a dynamical system that behaves sufficiently like real V1 may shed light on its neural mechanisms. Work on the magno-receiving input layer is nearly complete. The model's capabilities include realistic spontaneous and evoked responses, orientation and direction selectivity, visible ranges of spatial and temporal frequencies, simple vs complex cells, contrast response, gamma rhythms, etc. My talk will consist of an overview followed by a brief guided tour of the model.