Lighting up a 1/700 hanger deck?

Sci Fi modellers tend to be more into adding lighting that anyone else. Maybe pose the question on their forum, or have a google for something along the lines of lighting starship models.

This is one of the links that a search came up with:

http://www.starshipmodeler.com/tech/cj_xmas.htm

Another potential lighting source might come from PC case modding stuff. Cold cathode tubes are probably going to be too big, but had a string type long light about 1 to 2 foot in length (I had a pair in blue, but never fitted them in the end. Imagine that they must be available in white?) If so, you could probably fix one to the ceiling of the hanger deck & I would have thought that it should be pretty much invisible. I did light one up & it ran quite cool so I wouldn't have thought that it would cause any heat related problems. I think they run off 12v DC.

I am assuming you would be mounting it on a wood base. You could the use fiber optics run from a point in the base up through hull onto the hanger deck overhead pointing the strand ends down to light the deck. Carve a cavity in the base to house the bulbs in a light-tight box. From that point you can run the strands up the port side ahead of the elevator painting them to look like ducting. Using L.E.D.s as the light source would have the advantage of low heat output. Another method thet comes to mind would be using one or two light sheets of the type used to light starship models and model railroad signs and effects. Use an experimentor lighting kit;they normally have colored sheets to cover the e-l sheet giving the color you want. This would vastly simplify wiring and heating concerns. You would simply need to use a plastic sheet that you could drill pinholes through at the right spots to simulate the overhead light fixtures. I hope this gives you a few ideas. Enjoy your build