Hi all, For those who are interested in how I do it! Many years ago I came to the conclusion that the work flow in my “hobby shop” (that’s my shop at home, rather than the facilities at our business) is more productive when I cluster/bunch the work that is involved in kitbashing. This means that like work is carried out at the same time i.e. strip a number of cars (they don’t have to be identical, just similar), start the modifications on frames and bodies etc. etc. etc… I find once I’m in “the swing of things” i.e. turning or milling parts, I don’t have to repeat the same or similar set-ups at intervals of several weeks. The same goes for fabricating parts from styrene, brass or whatever. But as someone pointed out on another forum that will take quite some space as in “Where do all the bits and pieces go in the meantime?”. It takes less space than some would assume, provided one has the vertical space for storage and invests the time when setting up the “hobby shop” to do some planning.
That is just part of my “hobby shop” ;). The homemade drawers under the workbench are for project storage. I hate to look for things, having all the parts in drawers helps a great deal. Of course it is still up to me to remember which parts go where when I start to reassemble. And precisely for the reason all the surplus parts - those that are not used for the finished model - go straight into one of several “Scrap” drawers. In addition to the “under the workbench” storage I have a “tower” of three of those 16 drawer units -stacked one on top of the other.
Luckily the garage has a 10ft ceiling. 
There are more than 50 drawers in that tower; tools, materials, supplies etc. etc. On the right you can see part of my old “Logan” lathe. But that is a separate story. I’ve used this “drawer system” for more than 20 years and found one additional advantage is: you take one drawer out work on the contents, then put it away and start on the next one. The storage were designed and built prior to my big move West, prior to that the drawers were stored in fixed shelving. The backs of the units consist of 1/8" hardboard and for the move the front was closed up with the same. No muss, no fuss and no spillage or looking for parts after the move. All this as a “How I do it” for those who may have a move in their future or would like to get their work shop organized. 
