Set up a bench to suit your needs,. Primary consideration LIGHT.....shoot for natural light for matching and selecting colors. [8D] Peg boards are nice to have tools right where`you need them..,.providing you ever put back there[&:]. The magnetic strips are excellent...stick up a couple on the edge of a shelf right in front of you...pliers, wire snips, flat nose, & needle nose, forceps, angle tweezers, hemostats, punches, small screwdrivers and even track pins. [X(] Access to electrical outlets of course without having to fight the behind-the-furniture cords etc. A small vise....and a 10 lb hammer when that simple 2 minute assembly with Chinese instructions didn't work. Temperature is also important, not only for comfort to work, but also for various glues/cements and paints and curing/drying times. Fire extinguisher! Have a nice bar`light directly over your primary work area
and a magnifier with light ring comes in handy.

My "bench" working 6 yrs at SC~Military Museum was an old display case set on 4 blocks and back removed. Nice as was it had glass on top, which is great for small scale model work. It was 30 " wide and 6 ft long, which was ideal for reaching any tools and still plenty of room to work on 1;16 scale stuff. Inside the display case was ample room for tool parts, cleaning stuff, unused model parts, kits, paint, weathering and terrain materials, and more important, cut-aways, parts and sprues left over from other models. You don't have to spend a bunch on a work bench....just something that you can work IN COMFORT.

It will be a constant change for a while until you get everything where (you think) you want it...but then it will by YOUR EMPIRE[>:] "Don't bother me now honey..I'm holding two parts that have to wait for the glue to set..."


Good luck.