The missing sprue turned up, courtesy of a French hobby shop, eBay and Canada Post. Of course I had to buy a whole other kit...
Overall an excellent kit, everything fits; but not for beginners as there are lots of places where trial fits may lead you to a different assembly order. For instance the seats went in as follows: right side body panel plus partitions first; next seats on the right side (which attach to the floor and to the body panel; they are not free-standing); then left side seats glued to left side body panel; then the left side body panel got attached.
Also there are no paint colour call-outs except for the green and cream (which corresponds to 'oak', but reference photos show it closer to cream). So reference photos from the Interweb, largely from museums, will have to do, as period colour photos are few and far between.
One issue is the front and rear partitions, as well as the glassed-in driver's compartment, are all moulded in clear, and you will need to tape up the windows in order to paint the partitions.This requires lots of tape and leaves lots of room for disaster via bleed-through.
An excellent addition to the French shelf, which, excluding Alpine, Rondeau or Matra race cars, today consists exclusively of Citroën vehicles. There's an R4 as well as a Renault Estafette van on the shelf, along with Delahaye and Delage sports cars, so there could eventually be some diversity.
What's next? Not sure! The Bedford is waiting for more hinges from Micro Mark, but there are other commercial vehicles in the stash, as well as a variety of Renaults. Meanwhile if anyone wants an incomplete kit of this bus, let me know.
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