Full-Size, usable Speeder Bike

O.K. I have decided to tackle this one as it has been on my to-do list for QUITE some time. I am building a full-size,usable Speeder Bike. (doh!!! :P)

Anyway, probably going to do a Frankensteining of sorts, kind of like Pepakura (kind of) for parts, with some metal-work, some fiberglassed cardboard, some scratchbuilding, and the complete demolishing of an old Yamaha dirt bike.

I will start work soon, but I have a request, can any one put up some REALLY good reference pics???

I hope to have this, my Fett, and a biker scout costume done by SDCC next year, as I will entering the masquerade.

ok, will difinately subscribe to this

I GOTTA SEE THIS! I plan on doing a biker scout next

El1te

I have a 3d model I made based off of Lucas Arts reference a couple years ago if you want me to look for it.

My suggestion for pics would be to scour the net, there should be tons of pics, like screen grabs, model kits, toys. I was thinking about the possibility of building a speeder bike and then adapting it to a hoveround, scooter type of chair for parades and such, but a dirtbike !! Sweet !!

Good luck !

Originally Posted by Stormrider

I have a 3d model I made based off of Lucas Arts reference a couple years ago if you want me to look for it.

That would be great, Thanks!!!

Some guy did do a hover-round, and yeah, it was pretty slow.

I suggest buying one of the Sideshow models with the Biker Scout and Bike. Should have lots of detail to them as they're fairly large.

Looking forward to this.

Unfortunately, I'm close to broke, I've got like $3.50, so, not to much to go with, but, It'll work.

Subscribed

Oh and what do you mean by usable?

Cant wait for some progress

Usable, as in, can move, can steer, can speed up to 300 k.p.h., nah, just kidding on that last part. It will be made to be able to be remote controlled. I have an idea for the skit I will be doing. I need to get it finished, I want to enter the youth category at masquerade at SDCC '10

Sweet! good luck with that ner vod

Make sure you post lots of pics and tell us how you do it

Im very interested

Oh and one more thing, what kind of speeder bike?

O.K. So i bought some pvc for the details of the undercarriage and the fin extenders,
i am waiting for some more sintra and fiberglass resin to begin.

I have a small model maybe a foot long. It's somewhat poorly constructed (oops) but pretty detailed, I'll subscribe to the thread so just post if there's anything you want pics of.

Hello, I can give you the mail of the maker of this 1:1 speeder bike

http://www.expouniversostarwars.com/ (click on the link, then play the video that is on the bottom and select 8:23 minute and above)

I'm not really sure if he speaks English... but if you cannot speak Spanish you can use me as a translator

Good luck with this project!

Originally Posted by Hikarikuen

I have a small model maybe a foot long. It's somewhat poorly constructed (oops) but pretty detailed, I'll subscribe to the thread so just post if there's anything you want pics of.

Thanks, that would be great. and Ogait, can you tell me what he said, the video isn't working.

No offence mate, but didn't you say you were my age?

If you mean 13, then Yeah!!!

Anyway, update!!!

I printed out the templates today (thank you paper replika.com!!!) And am going ot cut the main body out of cardboard later on (I hope.

Cant wait to see this.

O.K, so UPDATES!!!

I got some of the cardboard cut out, and today I hope to have the forward body done.

I currently have a million prop ideas swirling around in my mind, so I'm trying to narrow them down.

This sounds sooo cool FF. I cant wait to see some progress pics!!

Looking forward to it ner vod!

Yeah, about the progress..... I messed uo pretty bad on some of the measurements, which means a restart. I'll be slowing down because school starts tomorrow. (
(Freshman!!! YEAH!!! )

have fun with that ner vod!

very cool project, wouldnt mind having a go with this myself, on that site paper replika how do you get the templates and are they accurate in scale or do you have to enlarge them? Sorry for all the questions

Would be cool to own a life size speeder, i would park it next to my ZX6R Ninja LOL

Steve

What I am doing is making it as a miniature using them templates, then measuring it and building it fullsize out of posterboard, then I will fiberglass it, add the greeblies, then hitch it to something motorized.

The dirtbike deal fell through.

dude, just get a beater moped and rip it apart, the good thing... no gear shifting, just warp speed (0-25 in like 5... minutes)

Any Progress pics or updates????

Steve

nope...lol school has really caught up with me, just trying to keep up the grades, find a rhthym, then plug away...high school is HARD...lol

hope to have something soon, I would have it sooner if someone would tell me how to blow up templates 12 times the normal size....lol

amp up the percentage maybe... sorry im terrible with that

Would this help??

*angelic music playing!!!* Thank YOU!!!!! WHOOHOO!!! Thanks SOOOOOOO much, now, just to find out how to re-size the pepakura templates...lols

theres pepakura templates for the speeder? WOW! Ill see how yours turns out and then try myself

yeah, but its 1/12th scale.

ya that wouldnt be very rideable!

nope, lols

Did you guys see the pics of the drivable speeder bike at DragonCon?

nope, unless it was the one on youtube, in which case, yes...

It was in the parade, it looked to be powered by a modified hover-round wheel chair.

yup, that's the one on youtube...LOL!!!

Ah, ok!

I'm hoping to get up pics of my most recent work tonight. We'll see, but check back in a few hours.

Here's some more pics that should help....

Thank you Very much.......school has caught up with me, so unless i can find a large format printer that oesn't charge 10K for 11 pages, or someway to blow up the templates, but keep them on a letter sized piece of paper, then i am sunk for a bit........

Originally Posted by Fractal-Fett

Thank you Very much.......school has caught up with me, so unless i can find a large format printer that oesn't charge 10K for 11 pages, or someway to blow up the templates, but keep them on a letter sized piece of paper, then i am sunk for a bit........

I had to print out some big/scale blueprints for an old project a while back and ran into the same problem for scale prints it can get VERY expensive (especially if you want the blueprints actually blue with white lines) I ended up just printing it with a normal printer on multiple pieces of paper and taping them together with wide masking tape on the back, did the job perfectly and that way I wasn't bothered about folding it up or getting paint and glue on it etc hope that helps?

Oro

http://www.blockposters.com/ may be of some help for poster printing, it's free and it's all done on the web. I've found it useful a few times.

cool idea for a motorized life size speeder. my friend and i have been working on a life size speeder out of a bicycle. we hope to be done with it soon.