John, an N Scale Limited reader, recently wrote to us asking if we could help him locate articulated city buses in N scale.  He is specifically looking for a 1979 Gillig bus.

John says that he’s found a Mercedes-Benz Citaro G by Rietz in Germany for about $18.95 but these are not available in US-based paint schemes. He’s also been able to find an article by Blaine Bachman about kitbashing Faller car system buses.

Does anyone else know of another source for articulated buses or seen these done in N scale?

I think my personal suggestion, John, is to try and repaint the Rietz buses. They seem well constructed, with clean lines and could potentially be disassembled for easy painting. A little masking and some decals and I think you could easily transform that into an American model.