Welcome aboard, nice looking kit, take your time and if you are going to paint it yourself I used acrylic auto paint in cans after reading Glens comments on his build thread, you just have to use a primmer before painting (I used an auto primer/ filler). The acrylic paint was very forgiving and easy to use especially for touch ups.
Only thing I would suggest is to make sure that you follow the CRL and build your kit to that, it will make approval easier and take lots of photos along the way.