Thank you, and let me make another recommendation if I may ...
See the article by Phil Kirchmeier elsewhere on FSM
http://www.finescale.com/fsm/objects/pdf/fpb040422.pdf
"High prices and the need for expert-level skills have kept you from building a resin ship model, eh? Fear not! Try an "entry-level" resin ship like Iron Shipwright's 1/350 scale PC-461-class patrol craft (also known as a "sub chaser"). It takes about the same skills, tools, and knowledge as a plastic ship model...."
I often recommend this kit to someone who wants to enter the world of resin shipbuilding, but is concerned about the cost. Its not big & powerful or sleak & sexy but it saw a lot of action in all theatres of the second world war. It is made by Iron Shipwright
http://www.steelnavy.com/PC461.htm
http://www.commanderseries.com/ships_350.html
and the MSRP is $25 dollars. It is IMO the most economical resin kit there is. It is not an expensive kit, so you will not fret over screwing up the expensive kit -so it doesn't get built. The kit includes the PE. It will give you an excellent introduction into resin ship modeling, including cutting, preparing, gluing, and paintin resin as well as bending, painting, and gluing photoetch. Few resin kits are perfect. You can learn how to address some common flaws like bubbles.
Also ISW also has a customer satisfaction policy. They want your build to be positive -- if a part is missing, broken, or flawed beyond your ability to work on it - contact Ted Paris or Jon Warneke @ISW and they will make it good. If while you are building the kit you screw up (like I did and drilled a 1/4 inch hole through the deck) - contact Ted or Jon and they will make it good. I have even heard that ISW has replaced parts on a kit that the cat knocked off the shelf years after the kit was finished.
This a small kit, about 6 inches long. It is about the same size as a 1:700 scale destroyer. Being 1:350 scale the parts are larger than corresponding parts in 1:700 and are thus a little easier to manipulate. Once you have learned on the larger sized kit then you can transfer that knowledge to a smaller scale if you want.
I hope you try it. If you have any questions or concerns contact me here or post offline and I'll be glad to help however I can.