An even bigger issue is the way food grade plastics respond to acrylic paints.
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That is useful information. Thanks. Plastruct Cement behaves exactly as you describe. Having used Testors Liquid Cement my entire life, I found the Plastruct stuff difficult to use.
My first use of Tamiya Extra Thin was about a year ago. That is also very fast to evaporate but better than the Plastruct.
This will probably come up again when I start printing resin parts.
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I like to look for things that can actually be used on the model. Things like raised diamond treadplate on straps for MRE boxes; perforated metal foil from an electric razor; extremely thin copper wire from an old motor…
There used to be a guy who had a site like that. I could probably start my own. I’ve got so many kits I’ve purchased just for one or two parts. Same with figure sets.
It would be a hassle to organize though. Better to just let folks ask for what they need.
Example: I’m looking for a set of arms looking through binoculars - any uniform with long sleeves.
Really. I am.
That said, have some sense when requesting things. Several months ago a dude on here requested a particular part from a Gamma Goat kit. I searched through my stash (a monumental task as kits are in every room of the house except my daughter’s bedroom) only to have him later say that part didn’t come in that kit. That kind of thing can sour people on wanting to be helpful.
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Other things I will keep and save for later are the clear plastic sections from cake boxes. It can be used as window glass.
Bits and pieces from broken clocks. Lots of cool little gears, springs, screws, bolts, etc. for diorama use.
Medicine bottles. I use them for sharps containers for my used X-ACTO blades.
Pieces of rope and twine to use as brush in dioramas. You can also use unraveled longer pieces as scale rope.
The small straws from juice boxes. They can be used for different lengths of scale pipe.
Tissue paper from gifts and new shirts. It makes excellent tarps.
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Diorama accessories is a whole sub-section - there’s a vast range of garden detritus that qualifies as “trash” starting with twigs. A couple of years ago I posted this image taken at my local deli – big-ass bags of Oregano. Dry it out, spray with semi-dilute PVA to fix it & then go wild spraying foliage colours…
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