Thank you all for sticking with me on this project. Finding the will to work on it is a bit easier when I know that there are people who are interested in what I'm doing.
Dann and Claude, thank you for your encouragement.
David and Rusty, I'm pleasantly surprised by your suggestions regarding the interior. My original intent was just to throw some clutter in there to have something more to look at than a seat and steering wheel. I didn't worry too much about it since I figured that most of it would be covered by the body anyway.
Now I'm thinking of ways to modify my plans for the body to reveal more of the interior that was originally intended to be little more than a suggestion.
That's why I enjoy builds like this one. They tend to be stories that write themselves as one goes along.
I do want to keep the scoops as they are. There's a kind of schlocky seventies custom look about them that I like. Also they kind of fit in with the whole aircraft theme I'm working toward, at least in my mind.
My first thought, in keeping with the aircraft theme, was a sort of cockpit canopy. I quickly realized that that was way more work than I wanted to put into this pile of spare parts. And honestly, a bit on the overkill side. The next idea was a rat rod style slat top but that doesn't fit too well with the direction I want to go.
That lead me to a VW factory sun roof. It would be a fairly easy modification, have a justifiable explanation and wouldn't detract from the theme of the build.
That thought also lead me to a Herbie style cloth top but there again... More work than I want to do, and would probably reveal more of the interior than I want, causing me to feel the need to add more refined detail.
So, here's the final version of the lightly weathered, detail painted, chassis portion of the Karma Bug interior.
As always, thanks for the support and suggestions.
David G.