I sourced some shiny sheet metal and started on the lighting aspect of the aerocap. I made some parking lights (low light) from a piece of it, basically a rectangle bent about 150 degrees around a round bar. It has 11 LEDs in it, but they are diffused and terribly dim, so I may replace them with brighter ones, or just add more.
For the bright "filaments" I will use superbrights.
Also, the longer I think about it, the more I think I should narrow the back of this by more than a foot. I'm thinking 2 or 3 feet wide at the very back, to compensate for sticking out when I turn.