Hi Buckmeister,
I think you will get more information and help from this group:
http://www.rcgroups.com/night-flying-522/
You can buy ready made lights or LED light strips from places like Hobby King, their prices are reasonable. A decent soldering iron and a DMM are useful for designing your own lighting system, plus it doesn't hurt to have a friend with some electronics experience. Places like Dimension Engineering have ready-made landing lights that just plug into the receiver; they even have programmable lights and RC relays if you want to get crazy! Have fun!