Source for Hasegawa spare parts?

[Krachenvogel]

Hi, I was wondering if anyone has successfully obtained spare parts in the US for Hasegawa kits? I have an old-stock 1/72 F-14A Tomcat "Pacific Fleet" kit (not a ship, I realize) that was missing the clear part sprues from the sealed parts bags, and it's not possible to take it back to the retailer. I tried contacting Douglas Models, supposedly the current US distributor, but they weren't able to help. Any ideas? Thanks.

[Tracy White]

I'm not seeing any currently, but there are some sellers on ebay who sell individual trees from kits. You might keep a watch going for something like "1/72 hasegawa F-14 tree."

[Fin&Tonic]

You could post your part need on Hyperscale's Plane Trading page. They're a pretty generous bunch when it comes to helping one another out. My own attempt to contact Hasegawa some years back was less than fruitful.

[Gernot]

I've sent parts overseas from Japan in the past for modelers who contacted me to obtain spares from Tamiya, Hasegawa, Fujimi, Aoshima, Fine Molds, and Pitroad. I don't know whether that is still cost-effective, but by all means, if no other options are available, let me know and I will be happy to help, only reimbursement costs necessary.