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One of those "it's a secret to everybody" things that gets reposted every once in a while in scale modeling forums and is usually valuable new info to someone. People have confirmed they're the same product by checking the MSDS safety sheets for the glue and the airbrush cleaner, they're basically both 50/50 butyl acetate and acetone. You'll still want a bottle of actual Tamiya Thin initially for the glass bottle and brush-cap, just refill it with airbrush cleaner when low.

Another fantastic plastic cement I've switched to is SciGrip Weld-On 3. It's marketed for acrylic but also works amazing for styrene and ABS. Found out about it from Adam Savage Tested videos, it's all they used at ILM back when ILM still scratch-built models for movies. Comes in 4oz, 16oz, and 32oz cans. The Tamiya 250ml bottle is usually more cost effective vs the 4oz(118ml) Weld-On 3, but larger cans of Weld-On are more cost effective vs Tamiya, depends how much plastic kits you build.