I have some spare circuit/led but no host to make some experiment.
I found some 18650 empty host but it’s quite difficult to find AA/14500 host.
I know that this
The 602C host is good, 16340 battery host. I built a Nichia 219 light with it and it came out quite nice.
For a 14500, I do not know of a host other than modding an existing light.
Edit: That AA host ar CNQG is an F20 body. I have one of those somewhere. It might work well with an XP-G XP-E, or Nichia. Not sure if a standard 17mm driver fits, maybe.