Welcome aboard Jim! Great choice of a starter kit. The Monogram ancestor of your kit was the last kit I built as a middle schooler before moving on to high school, girls, and athletics, then again the first one I built as a young adult in the Navy when I resumed modeling. One standard, one Malcolm, both Ding Haos. Then I discovered flying lessons and modeling has been neglected ever since. Have fun with your pony!
Cheers,
Wes