ORIGINAL: Charlie P.
... my wife is getting lonely... she'll get over it.
It gets worse. Wait until you start building them in the basement. ;-)
Trying to start with a P-51 is setting yourself up for failure. Though now-a-days there are "Pseudo 51" models that have nothing in common with a full-scale P-51 airframe except the lower oil cooler intake hump and the invasion bars. There is a good reason that trainers are usually "dirty" airframes with high , flat-bottommed wings and small control surfaces. Things happen slower and it gives you time to think and make a mistake or two.
You got that right Charlie, even though I fly Scale ( Mostly Warbirds ) I still like to take a glow trainer with me at times, just so I can fly more relaxed giving my nerves a break. [X(]