Yes, welcome to the addiction. We are always happy to have new blood.

As others have said, you would serve yourself well to get a trainer and an instructor. Otherwise, you will find this addiction very expensive. Many times more so than it has to be.

I would love to hear the story how, at 19, you have had the opportunity to "work on" a full size P 51. I am 75 years old and have never seen one in person, much as I'd love to.