Ken, I always made templates of every part in a kit and had them put into envelopes, I would make them out of 1/16 card board. I had a gang of them but when I moved I tossed out a lot of stuff, need I say more?? Dumb Dumb Dumb!!!! I even had them for the CG Extra at one point. I built the CG Extra again two or three years ago but didn't make any!!
I also always made two extra sets of builders plans, I would get the copies from Kinko's, cut one up as templates, build over another set and store the originals. I built the 80 inch Sukhoi 29 and didn't bother, it was my favorite plane and I got the plans from MAN, I cut and built that one with the originals, crashed the plane and now I can't afford to buy the new plans and wood. Just one of lifes regrets, I will still build another one some day.