In the past year, two AMT/ ERTL kits I have purchased have been missing parts....I bought an International Dump Truck and it was missing the part that holds the dump box to the frame, but I was able to fabricate a replacement out of sheet plastic. Now I am working on a John Deere 310 Loader/ Backhoe and it is missing the loader bucket, and the small decal sheet. I will just fabricate a bucket rather than try to get replacements. I will just live without the decals.
It seems that you have to jump through hoops to get replacement parts...both came from Ebay but both were sealed kits, so there are no ready excuses for this.
The actual kits are/ were good quality but it drives a person crazy when obvious pieces, like a loader bucket, are missing.
Anyone else have similar problems, and how were you able to get replacement parts, if you did so? I have only tried one time to get a replacement part for a car model, and that was a waste of time.
Bill