The other night a thought occured to me that might be beneficial to both the modeller and the kit manufactuers.
I was thinking about the effectiveness of returning the parts sprues to kit manufactuers. The way I saw it was that it could be reground, melted and reinjected into the molds. Or even as a mix filler with new pellets. I believe that it would be a cost savings to the manufactuers that ultimatley could get passed on to the hobby at large by reduced kit prices or atleast a way for the manufactuers to spend more on mold development, resulting in better kits(?)
I understand that each kit manufacturer has a slightly different "formula" for thier styrene, but keeping the spures seperate shouldn't be a problem. I also understand that there would be certai offset costs, but once the process is in place I think that it would end up paying for itself.
what do you think the viability is?
3d modelling is an option
a true mental excercise in frusrtation