First, I want to reiterate what everyone has said about getting an instructor.
Secondly, I want to give you my learning path. I started a little over a year ago. I fought and fought about what to get as my first plane. I read a lot of threads on this site and my friend and I decided to get the 4*40. I'll tell you right now that I will never regret that decision. While building we download the free FMS flight sim software, we bought a cord to go from the Tx to the computer and we flew and flew and flew. When the planes were done we found an instructor, he checked the planes out, maidened them and put us on the buddy box. We made about 7 flights and we have been on our own ever since. The 4*40, even though it's a low wing and a taildragger, is a very stable airplane that can do some pretty good beginner aerobatics. I am so glad that I didn't get a high wing trainer as I know I would have grown out of it very quickly. Don't be scared of the 4* at all especially if you plan to spend some time on a simulator. Again we used the free sim and it was just fine for us. This route isn't for everyone but if you ahve any dextarity in your hands and know a little about flight and aerodynamics then you will be just fine.
Just my two cents.

Enjoy!