RaTs GaSs build Day #21
Gettin' down in the details...
I did a preview of my idea for the rear tail light in my most recent Videologue #5 further up this page 9. Today I was able to finish it off. I ended up not going with the first 'modern' reflector as the lens. Instead, I found a bangle on an old mud flap from my neighbors bicycle that I turned into "Four-gone Conclusion" in an MBBO build off couple years back. This red lens is a doozy!
As I was looking at it, and enjoying a happy hour 'beverage' in the BACK40, something spoke right out loud, it was the ale talking.
"You need a shroud around that lens. Look at the bottom of my can. See ?
Sure enough, if I trim out the inside ring, and then cut the bottom rim off the can, it will fit right around that lens.
Another project today was inspired by my brother and inspirational director, Kingfish. He suggested a fuel cap for the MOON eyes Hamm's beer keg can / faux gas can. His suggestion was to use a bottle cap, as it is shaped like a cap with ridges to grip when twisting off. Of course I didn't have any laying around, so I had to empty a bottle. I like it
@kingfish254 !
The third thing I accomplished today was to paint the white saddle.
@GuitarlCarl once said,
" Real men don't ride white saddles" (or something like that) during our Fall Muscle Bike BO. That's when I used some black Flex Seal spray paint to paint my saddle on RaTsberry Buffet.
I finished off the black with a couple coats of clear, and it is shiny as the day I did it back in late October / early Nov. So I figured, let's go! I did it again with RaTs GaSs rear end support system.
I forgot to mention, I ditched the 'push light' style idea for the rear tail light. As I was eye balling the size of the trumpet mute, I remembered I had a second remote control LED light just like the one I used in the head light. It took some doing, as I had to splice and dice the two pieces of the mute, but in the end it turned out as good as I could have expected.
Now I have one control, that works for head and tail light.
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