Wow that really looks great. Good idea, I have a couple of cars that are similar that I could update. I assume that your car originally looked similar to the car in the photos shown in this OGR forum post? https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/...-lionel-aquarium-car It appears that those are Hallmark miniature ornaments, I have used some on flat cars for a Christmas train they are very well detailed and there is a lot of variety you could build many different cars with different themes. I will have to try your design it looks really good.
I have a Lionel Poinsettia car http://www.lionel.com/products...ia-mint-car-6-29628/ if I can find some miniature poinsettia's of different colors would like to update this some time as the cardboard insert does not look as good as in this photo on the Lionel Website.
I really like those lighting kits they are great. But you can also get good results for a lot less $ with the LED lights from Evans Designs. I have put Silver foil tape on the roof of some passenger or Christmas cars then shine a couple of the LED lights up to the foil lined roof at an angle that gives great even lighting through out the car. https://evandesigns.com/produc...eds-for-transformers They have lights that will work well from 7 to 19 volts and work on the AC track. Different colors and sizes of bulb. A few $'s per car for a couple of bulbs and just 2 wire hook up. The light is good at even low volts if you are running conventional power.
