You probably already have a lot of the stuff you need, but a couple of xacto knives and lots of blades (#11s), a nice small saw - pull saw if you can find one - sanding  blocks and lots of several grits of paper, up to 400 (or more if you are really really serious, but 400 is great).  Oh yeah - a building table.  Something flat and not prone to warping.  If you use pins, then these are pretty good LINK - Hobby Lobby used to sell similar pins to the Midwest ones and they were superior, but I could not find them listed.  T-pins work well too.  Or you could use magnets on a steel sheet.  Check the workshop threads and you should be able to find them.  If you go the pin route, then acoustic ceiling tile is great to pin to, or gypboard.

As far as your first kit - if it has been a while you should probably start with a trainer, then a low wing tail-dragger, then something like a PT-19, then anything you want!  Starting off with a warbird is usually a recipe for disaster.

May I also recommend becoming a site supporter ANOTHER LINK  You will get so much more out than you put it, not only the community of friends but focused information, focused on what YOU are interested in.

You have already been given some top notch advice but I will throw a couple of cents in here as well.  In regards to your first kit build each person is very different in regards to their skill set and natural aptitude.  I have seen individuals with absolutely zero experience building model aircraft whose first projects were very advanced in nature and yet still turned out as nice as any I have seen.  Others need, or prefer to, start with simpler projects first.  You may be the best judge of you in this regard.  Either way it is never a bad idea to start simple and my recommendation for your first full kit build would be something from among Sig's "Four Star" line up or similar.  These are great kits that are ideal advanced trainers and would go a long way toward preparing you to both build and fly a built up balsa warbird.  They provide a great foundation for learning about the processes and materials used in the construction of your typical balsa wood model.  Beyond that I think you will find that the majority of warbird flyers, myself included, will tell you that the P-47 is about the closest thing to a "warbird trainer" that you will find.  In regards to a full kit of such those offered by Top Flite are about the only options but, fortunately, they are generally outstanding kits with fully illustrated step by step instructions and come highly recommended.  

Welcome and good luck!

Chad Veich  

Cheers,

Patrick

I also highly recommend you become a site supporter for RCSB, well worth the 20 bucks a year.

Here is my 1/4 scale Pup

Fair Winds & Happy Flyin'

        Rich