LED Tape strip light questions

[bh1701]

One of my next projects is going to be the Polar Lights Star Trek Galileo 7 shuttlecraft with the full interior.

I would like to be able to light the interior. The interior ceiling has a large rectangular piece of frosted glass in it. I expect there to be a little bit of space between the interior ceiling and the exterior roof of the shuttle. I am thinking that the LED Tape strip lights that are out there might be a good solution to put in that space. Would likely attach the strip to the underside of the exterior roof.

The strip of lights won't be that long - probably about 8 - 10 inches or thereabouts.

But, I don't know much about these lights.

• What do you think the best power solution would be - batteries, DC or AC?
• How do you connect the power to the light strip?
• Regardless of the power source, it will need to be outside of the ship. Are there small connectors I could use in the wires going to the power source so that I could connect/disconnect it (to be able to take pictures of the model without visible wires flowing out of it)?. I would probably route the wires and connector to come out behind the nacelle struts on one side so it wouldn't be that noticeable.
• Can anyone provide some good sources for a short strip of lights and any other items I would need?

If anyone has other ideas on how to approach this, I would welcome them.

Thanks,

Bart

[stitchdup]

some of those light up christmas tree ornaments might be a cheap source for lighting. some of them just have a watch battery for the power source so wouldn't take up much space.

[Steve H]

Hi Bart, have a look at “Evan’s Designs”, they have all sorts of fantastic lighting. The site has a lot of very useful ideas and tips, and the service I had in my two purchases from them was top shelf. 
 

Cheers, Steve

[bh1701]

13 hours ago, Steve H said:

Hi Bart, have a look at “Evan’s Designs”, they have all sorts of fantastic lighting. The site has a lot of very useful ideas and tips, and the service I had in my two purchases from them was top shelf. 
 

Cheers, Steve

Thanks, Steve!

I checked out Evan's Designs and that has given me a lot of ideas!

Bart