Another agreeing with Tom. I have the ziroli 77" stearman. I love flying that plane. But its considered an advanced builder project that leaves a fair amount of decisions up to the builder about equipment setup, which is as it should be. After the basic frame is built, you start doing a little of your own designing based on your preferences. I find this the fun part. Once you have some building under your belt, I would recommend building a Phaeton 90 biplane kit from Balsa USA. Thats also a great plane, and set up with a few mods, it becomes as gentle as a trainer. It does wonderful slow speed aerobatics. The ziroli stearman flys a bit different due to bigger size (77"ws in my case) and weight. But its not overwhelming.
Edwin