Above, I recommended that you get experienced help. I still do.

However, I am self taught myself. What I did:
- I have been interested, and learning from written material, for a couple of decades.
- I got a simulator, just the humble FMS and flew every plane I could get, until I was not crashing anything.
- I got a GWS electric foamy trainer and some decent radio gear, charger, etc.
- Built the plane light and straight
- Went to a large field with long grass and started flying. The plane seemed scary fast during the first few flights and the long grass cushioned several "interesting" landings.
- Two years later all the foam parts are still intact. I bent the prop shaft in a dive straight to the ground and replaced the gearbox (from my next GWS plane, which I powered with a brushless motor).
- That second plane is more demanding and I have broken its nose a couple of times. Repairs were easy.
- I have a couple of larger kits waiting until I move house in a couple of months. There will be a glow engine in my future but I am not sure which plane it will be.