Alan Sinclair’s Robby Car Diagrams

Here is the Altaira (a little creative license), which was inspired by the Polar Lights Robby the Robot and the D-57 Cruiser. The one item I felt missing was Robby’s wheels. Even though there is very little data available on this subject I decided to take a shot at it anyway. A big help was when a friend found the Robot Hut web page

This gentleman built a full scale work replica of “Robby’s Jeep” from the original studio blueprints. So with the pictures on his page and a publicity shot of Ann Francis and Robby on the car I started laying out the basic structure. The only dimensions I had were from the Robby kit, the kit established the scale at 1/11th, I eyeballed the rest. I have included a scale in both English and Metric for those so inclined.

I have included a layout sheet for the grillwork. I plan to use a build-up jig to get the grillwork right; a sandwich of wood spacers and the grill pieces. Another project to add to the never-ending list.

Alan Sinclair