Intended to post a 'scrap on the fly' request myself. There are several now, so I'll just add my thoughts to yours, if I may. It's beyond ridiculous for Bethesda to have required players to lug around desk fans, typewriters and gas cans. Apparently, they think it's funny. It isn't. And, of course, not even remotely fun. I'd be happy with an alternative to the activate key: a simple secondary key that opens the scrap menu for the item selected instead. The activate key could remain for use on items one has no intention of scrapping. Requiring a portable tool kit be present in the inventory menu (the same as requiring an ammo press kit in the ammo crafting mod for FO3) would serve the "realism" factor just fine...at least for me. No tables or extra time required. Everywhere I've been, if there weren't already tables, desks and other elevated surfaces scattered about, there was always the floor and/or the ground to "work" on. An added bonus would be the ability to to select just the components one needs from any item, as opposed to the automatic addition of another 3 or 4 useless pieces of steel. Not as simple as just opening the existing scrap menu, but doable.