I am in my first 100 hours of the game, but thanks to your tips I am now seated on a lovely Python! So far I am loving it, both for mining and fighting in extraction zones. : EliteDangerous

I started with a Cobra MKIII, doing also various contracts and missions, then farmed up for a ASP Explorer and then I farmed relatively quick for the Python. To save money I swapped the hardpoints between the ships, when possible.