Lighting the Winter Village

[OneSnowTrooper]

My wife want to build a winter village from lego so she is buying the sets. Now she also wants to light the entire village and train.

Any recommendations to what light sets/brand to buy ? Is there a brand that uses USB to light everything instead of separate batteries for everything ? Is there a light set that lights the train but also make it possible to keep the train running with power options, so not limiting the train of running the track ?

any tips and advice is welcome!

 

 

[LegoDW]

Just purchase some regular Christmas lights and put them in the buildings, from the back.  As long as your displays against a wall or something to make the back not visible you should be good. Quick and cheap remedy.

 

There are a lot of light kits out there, some for the train.  Unfortunately, the power up/power functions plugs are not available from these kits.  Will need a separate battery pack. You could get a motor or extension cable and cut the cord...then solder the plug to what ever kit your purchase.  

[jpx]

I've been thinking about this as well. My conclusion so far, is to wait a bit and when all the christmas decorations is taken out, I'll see if I can just use a regular christimas light, as @LegoDW wrote. The custom solutions are too expensive for me :) 

 

But please post your results!