I’ve used Brasso to customize a few minifigs. Stay way from the nail polish remover, it will just dissolve the plastic. Rinse the parts off and let them air dry. If they have lost their gloss, you can use a 1200 grit sanding stick to buff a shine back onto them.
And Matt, I could start a thread about non-Lego uses for Lego. Hehe. Here’s few hints:
Look at the “slopes” behind the rear pilot on the 1/72 Gunstar I’m working on:
I had acrylic custom cut to make what will eventually be a set of cement stairs for the 1/6 model of Brandon Lee’s the Crow figure I’m working on. To assemble the steps at perfect 45 degree angles, I made a jig out of 1×4’s. Only 2 got super glued to the inside of the acrylic steps. But they worked great for this application. 🙂
