You didn't mention what scale you wanted to work in, so I'll point some things out, since a 350th battleship is a daunting first time project to anyone, I don't care how many models you've built. I build everything from armor to planes to cars, and a 250 part armor kit takes me a week, while a ship with the same number of parts takes me months.
700 scale is smaller, and easier to build, but if you add brass rails, etc., it becomes more difficult than 1/350 because the parts are twice as small, and hence, more fragile. 350th is great if you prefer large subjects, brass parts are easier to work with, but the cost is also higher. 1/350 also provides room for much more detail, which is reflected in the number and size of parts, meaning more work.
The new Tamiya Missouri that Martin mentioned is a good place to start, but if you add railings and brass detail parts, be prepared for lots of 'surgical' work.
My best advice is to start out with something smaller, like a Fletcher class destroyer in 1/350 from Taimya. It won't take months to build, online references are pretty good, the kit and aftermarket brass details are affordable, and there's a few people around here who know them quite well and can help you out.
One of the things we experience as shipbuilders, is that modelers from other verticals (armor, planes, etc) will jump immediately into a huge project like a Tamiya Enterprise or one of the battleships. Once they begin to realize the amount of work that's involved, they lose interest and the project gets shelved. In some cases, good modelers won't go back to ships because they feel everything we build is daunting, which it isn't. Ship modeling is not for everyone, but I personally get the most satisfaction from completing a ship model, more so than aircraft or armor.
Best,
Jeff Herne