All good. Regarding Goo. I find that contact cements lose their grip over time. I have a model ship that I painstakingly applied individual copper tiles on the bottom. Almost all of those tiles have now detached themselves over the 40 that the model has existed. All glues have their pluses and minuses. For styrene, I also use Tenax or Plastruct's Bounden, but I apply it will a Touch-n-Flow applicator. This is a piece of small O.D. glass tubing with a piece of capillary tubing in the end. It enables you to apply small quantities very carefully. A little solvent cement goes a long way. Too much and the plastic parts you're assembling start to degrade.
I second using Aleen's. I'm using their Super Tacky Glue which provides some instant grip to hold parts better if you can't clamp. All wood glues benefit from clamping when possible. But with our miniature sizes, clamping can do more harm than good.
For dissimilar materials, I rely on CA, often using thin and medium viscosities. I also use the recommended accelerator for the brand CA you're using. While CA cures fast, often times, it's not fast enough. It also degrades with time and moisture absorption and will both get thicker, and at the same time, cure more slowly. I usually throw it out long before it's all gone. To keep CA over long periods of time, store it in a freezer. In fact, that's how the stuff is made. Did you ever wonder how you keep the machinery that makes CA from gluing itself together? It's produced at very low temperatures. It was developed by Eastman Kodak to glue lenses together (Eastman 510). So it's still the perfect cement to restore broken china and ceramic figurines. However, it is not dishwasher safe and will let go in hot, soapy, alkaline water in the dishwasher. It can only be used for cosmetic repairs, not for dishes that you intend to use.
CA has another use that I learned from the RC Plane guys. Thin CA absorbed into balsa makes it very hard and strong. You can use it on wood screw holes that you anticipate having to tighten and loosen repeatedly. It can also be used to solidify end grain.
