Novel Glue

In his novel "Us", David Nicholls has the main character permanently assembling some of his sons Lego models because the little brat just smashes them up and then sticks the bricks together in an annoyingly random form.

One night, motivated entirely by a desire to give my son something lasting and permanent to ply with, I waiting until he and Connie were in be, poured myself a large Scotch, mixed together some Araldite adhesive in a jam-jar lid, laid the instructions before me and carefully glued together a pirate ship, a troll castle and an ambulance.

I wonder is Araldite is really the best glue for this. The character is a scientist so presumably able to tell the difference between different adhesives.

2-part epoxy glue strikes me as problematic, you'd be forever making new mixes in the jam-jar lid for a start. Building 3 models will take tame, and about half a bottle of Scotch, by which time you'll be high as a kite on the fumes.

Would a plastic cement be better? Presumably it would need to be an ABS one - Plastic Weld for example. Even then, you're going to have a hell of a come down from the effects if not working in a well-ventilated area.