Hi TigerTiger,
The lamp bodies were supplied in the Highlander kit - they are white metal castings. I used some thin film to make the windows. The LEDs are held in with 5 minute epoxy. The outside is painted using Citadel "Brazen Brass" paint. The dropping resistors are mounted at the supply end of the cable, with the cable glued to the interior of the boat to give a strain relief.
As a note - if you are using "mod" wire - do not allow the wires to take any strain - they cannot support the weight of the lamps - glue and suppport the lamps separately.
Also the wire is a swine to strip - use a very sharp knife and a lot of patience to avoid nicking the copper (it just snaps the first time you get a bend in it if you do). If this is stuff is too wide, here is an alternative:
http://www.rrunner.co.uk/wire/qse.htmTo get the wires twisted together, I took anout 2M of each - the wires were different colours so I could identify anode and cathode. One end of the wires was looped around a door handle. The other end was looped around a cup-hook held in the chuck of a battery drill. Once a bit of tension was put on the wires to ensure both cores were the same length, I twisted them with the drill - this saves a lot of effort and gives a nice, even twist to the cable. The end result, while not looking exactly like a rope, at least does not leap out as glaringly obvious - I painted it black so it did not stnd out - an alternative would be to prime with a suitable primer and then paint rope colour. Remember though if you use Kynar cable, whatever you paint with, it is not goint ot stick well and take this inot account in the installation.
Wom