I am certainly not trying to disuade people from taildraggers, every plane I have owned from my second plane on has been a TD. They are cleaner, handle grass fields better, and they just look right. I also like to build and fly small model airplanes (.10 and .15 engine sizes mostly but some .049 and one .020) and just like taildraggers, I was pleasently surprised at how terrible they are not, even though a lot of people try to warn others away from them.
The Cap 232 would not be a good beginner's plane even if it had tricycle landing gear. It's not the landing gear that makes this an experienced pilot's plane.