Well beside youtube, you can check out Mustang's tutorials (1-12) here on CA to start with, they are very good entry level videos, specifically for SF series. Since you have 3ds2k9 some of the converting parts will not apply as the vids were made with Gmax, you can use the TW exporter to directly export your model. I'm sure many of us used these as baby steps too.
http://combatace.com/files/file/5036-mustang-tutorial-1-creating-3-views/
http://combatace.com/files/file/5038-mustang-tutorial-2-importing-3-views/
http://combatace.com/files/file/5039-mustang-tutorial-3-creating-the-fuselage/
http://combatace.com/files/file/5040-mustang-tutorial-4-cutting-objects/
http://combatace.com/files/file/5041-mustang-tutorial-5-the-wing/
http://combatace.com/files/file/5042-mustang-tutorial-6-the-rudder/
http://combatace.com/files/file/5044-mustang-tutorial-7-cutting-the-canopy/
http://combatace.com/files/file/5046-mustang-tutorial-8-animations/
http://combatace.com/files/file/5048-mustang-tutorial-9-assigning-key-controllers/
http://combatace.com/files/file/5049-mustang-tutorial-10-unwrapping/
http://combatace.com/files/file/5054-mustang-tutorial-11-installing-tw-plug-in/
http://combatace.com/files/file/5055-mustang-tutorial-12-converting-gmax-models/
Also a good and must plugin for you if you want to make a complete work is the min-max extent plugin:
http://combatace.com/files/file/10253-min-max-extents/
Check the Utilities and Editors section of SF1/SF2 downloads, plus read through the SF1/SF2 knowledge base and modding threads, there are plenty of useful information.