Welcome to the forum James. You will find that the guys here are very generous with their advice, even in the middle of a build. The best advice I have seen here is to treat each part as a project on its own.
My favourite era of F1, and my favourite F1 team. Lauda, Villeneuve and Sheckter were my idols growing up. I will definitely be checking out this thread. Good luck with your new project.