Advice and tips please.........

Hey to all,

Looking for any help and advice on ship building. The "a,b,c's" so to speak. This will be my first attempt at shipbuilding so I do not have a working knowledge of how to go about assembly and painting other than "follow the instructions". I'm sure there are a lot of different tips and techniques out there that will help me get thru this build. The model I'm about to partake in is the Trumpter 1/350th scale Lexington with Yankee Modelworks PE set. I know, I should have started with something simpler, right? But like they say, if you're going to be a bear, be a Grizzly  Any help at all will be highly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Hud