Hi All,

Thought I'd give the n&p 50's sci-fi comp a go, I don't know if I'll finish it though. I thought I'd enter to give me a sense of deadline pressure and a goal :) If I don't end up finishing it before the deadline, I'll continue the wip here in the MoI forum.

It's Robby The Robot from various Sci-Fi movies, such as The Forbidden Planet, I've started with the head, so far just a few gadgets.

Anyhow thanks for looking.


Cheers
~Danny~

nice start. i look forward to seeing this one finished :)

Excellent start, Danny! Looks EXACTLY like it!

-Will

Good job! I've been wanting to make this model as well.

A good close up of the head is here (zoom in):
http://www.hammacher.com/publish/10921.asp?cm_ven=CJ&cm_pla=1492714&cm_ite=Hammacher+Schlemmer+logo&cm_cat=1414665#

Modeling Tutorial with links to photos of Robby:
http://www.clydesight.com/brRobby/contents.html

Detail photo of head interior construction. Click on Restoration tab, then Details:
http://www.the-robotman.com/

Keep us posted !

Ed

Really nice Danny, lots details while keeping the overall shape simple ... well done !

Thanks guys, especially for the links ed, great resources.
I've been busy with Christmas prep and all that jazz....I'll get back to it shortly.

Cheers

Finally finished the head and all it's bits.
Now for the body :)

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Impressive! You've finished the hard part - the rest should be easy :)

Have you seen these drawings? They claim to be original design drawings.
http://home.pacbell.net/thoemke1/robby-the-robot/cine-p-09.html

Ed

That sets a standard for me to aim for.
Very impressive.

Brian

Hi Danny - wow, fantastic detail, he is looking great!

Maybe at the end you can have him holding your old fashioned camera as well, for a double retro? I guess the camera is a fair bit older yet though...

- Michael

Thanks, getting there........slowly.

@ ed
> Have you seen these drawings? They claim to be original design drawings.

Yeah, I used them as a guide but I think the guys who built robby took some design license and did things a bit differently to the drawing.

@ Michael

> Maybe at the end you can have him holding your old fashioned camera as well, for a double retro? I guess the camera is a fair bit older yet though...

Now I have to model a 50's camera!

Cheers