Pee-Wee's Big Adventure Bike

[Droidboy]

A little playing around with my bags today. I drilled out the rings to mount and cut down one of the signal stats. I'm going to play with the placement a little, but I wanted to see how it looked.

The bike at the BMA was missing it's rings, so I replaced it with these same rings, except that I had the chrome bead blasted off, leaving the same finish as what you see on the Hollywood Museum bike. I decided to leave mine chromey like the other bits on the bike. I'll do a second set of bags with a more accurate ring....and foil for the chrome part.

 

[Ruddigger]

Wait, did you cut the signal stat down, or did you cut a hole in the back of the bag to recess it?

 

[Droidboy]

I cut the signal stat. I left mine a little longer than the one on the real bikes, but they were all cut down for the movie.....very poorly I might add.

 

[Droidboy]

See...crappy....

 

[Ruddigger]

Wow. I'll probably do mine a little differently, because I want to light them. One of the few non screen accurate things that I want to do.

 

[Abelugo]

If you find a shot of the scene where the rockets engage through the rear taillights, you can see there exists a set a bags where the whole lens are held in from behind and there is a mechanism that moved them back and forth within a hole.

 

[turboFrank]

Anyone out there have a spare red signal stat for sale? I been watching watching a mint one on ebay and finally bought it but need one more.

Thanks guys

 

[Ruddigger]

I wish I had one for you. I need to source some myself.

 

[Droidboy]

Me too :/

 

[Abelugo]

There are a few lens companies reproducing them. I dont think you can buy new ones unless you find someone with some dead stock.

 

[turboFrank]

I found a nos one on ebay, maybe I will just make a mold and pop some out.

 

[Abelugo]

Frank, those lenses are not impossible to find and the companies making them are legit lens companies, the run about 10 bucks each, i remember finding them and posting about it, hut when i went to order the price had gone up.

 

[turboFrank]

Sweet I will look for that info

 

[turboFrank]

Josh showed me this site

http://www.vehiclesafetymfg.com/Cab-Marker-Lamps.html
1301a looks close

 

[Abelugo]

Yeah that is exactly it, i may have some i can show side by dide, it just a duplicate of the tooling. It doesnt have the signal stat markings.

 

[turboFrank]

That would be great, thanks Abe.

 

[Ruddigger]

That feels good.

 

[turboFrank]

Great work! How will it stay closed? Magnet?

 

[Ruddigger]

Yes, neodymium magnets. I have one there now, but it's going to be replaced with stronger ones that I have on order.

 

[Abelugo]

That would be great, thanks Abe.

Here you go.
The red one is an actual signal stat, the amber is the repop. they are exactly the same.