skip, untill you learn 3D You don't want a better plane, believe me. If you think it looks bad now, you wait untill it's in 100 pieces! this is the hands down best plane to learn 3d without running you in the poor house.
If you really want to learn 3d cheap, spend 180 bucks on the G2 flight simulator, get a good computer with a great graphics card. then learn how to modify the cap 232 for 3d or download an already modified one off the greatPlanes website. Thats how you learn 3D the cheap way