The grand plan for my boxfile layout includes a road overbridge to hide the join between the two boxes. And of course railway modeling 101 dictates that if we have a road bridge there should be a bus driving over it....

I have a few 1:76 buses from EFE, but very little in HO, apart from an old Wiking mercedes 0305. This has now been cut down from a "bendi" into a regular two-axle bus. 

A Saviem or Renault PR100 would have been a lot more typical french, but it's that money thing again, and the merc was already lurking at the bottom of a cardboard box. The 0305 was actually sold in france (Nantes had a fleet), and eventually there was a license built version from Heuliez (rectangular headlights instead of round). 

The bus is more or less complete, just needing door mirrors and a few other bits. Its supposed to be an in-service vehicle, so the less than perfect paint is hopefully realistic....

Can anyone suggest a source of 1:87 drivers and passengers? The ones on ebay seem to be either horribly inaccurate or horribly expensive. Thanks in advance. 

Ken