Hey Tom,

Looking good! [:)]

Will be interesting to see how it looks with lighting added. Yes you can place lights in side other objects, as long as they are positioned carefully so a hole of some sort is available for the light rays to escape. Placing lights inside a closed glass objects will result in no light being rendered.

db4tech

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PS: If you don't already have them installed, these might be helpful for you.