Money saving tip at pick a brick

In any good classic space or neoclassic space diorama, one has to have caution tiles with chevron in yellow and black...i.e. all wings of the original 924 and 928 have this on the wing.  So I was thrilled when I saw a tile that would be perfect on a diorama of a hangar with gray floor. It was on pick a brick as shown here

Since I was buying pieces all on bricks and pieces, I typed this piece# in and this came up

So the piece was almost 1/2 off on the pick a brick vs bricks and pieces.  The 1x2 trans yellow plate was .08 vs .10 on the two different buying areas...so fortunately you can order from both pab and b+p but it may pay to check!

Finding a way to make a cheap transparent yellow plate

 Nothing says classic space like gray blue bricks and plates, red hubcaps and transparent yellow plates....which are expensive and mostly in countries outside us on brickwork costing a lot in shipping.  So I've set out to create a 4x10 plate....with the lego movie sets I've got the trans yellow windscreens but no trans yellow plates!   Here's my solution

Note the round yellow piece middle right portion

What saved me though was the only trans yellow piece that eliminated having to use 3 layers deep...the inverted tile 2x4. So my bday $ bought

The clear are just temporary til the all yellow come..

x150

x100

So this is my alternative to 

I'll stack 3 1x2 plates and have my yellow 1x2 bricks and 4x10 6x8 plates...then I'll be able to make my classic/neoclassic spaceships!!

Lego please bring back classic space!!!