Better by bus?

Some time ago I picked up this old Airfix B-Type bus kit.  My plan was (and still is) to use it as a command vehicle for one of my Funny Little Wars armies.  After peering apprehensively into the box a few times I took the plunge last weekend and actually began to build the damn thing. 
It would be fair to say that the moulds for this kit are not in their first flush of youth - it was originally released in 1962 - and this shows in the parts fit.  Some of them actually do.

To be fair most of the parts are remarkably free of flash but many are warped.  In short it's a right sod to build.  Especially the rear staircase.  Interestingly I spoke yesterday to fellow 54mm addict David Pinder who is also building a B-Type kit.  His none too complementary comments echoed my own.

Anyway, on with the show.  It will end up looking vaguely the right shape and that's good enough for me.

 Masking tape and blu-tac is much in use during the build to hold various uncooperative parts together

I'll probably use blocks of balsa to strengthen the axles