JPGale,

Congratulations on the solo. It's a big accomplishment to stick with it and solo. You'll find after a few more flights it'll start to become much easier and you'll enjoy it a lot more. From the pictures your trainer doesn't look too bad. Take your time and think the repair through and it'll be back flying like nothing happened to it at all. And take it easy with T-34. Get your experience on the trainer first and you'll enjoy the T34 even more in the future.

Hogflyer