Hi Craig. I was doing more thinking about your question and went back and read your post again. If you consider yourself an intermediate (or better) pilot, you may be halfway there. But the other thing you have to ask yourself is how capable and thorough you are at assembling/setting up R/C airplanes. Are you the type of guy who always seems to forget something like using threadlocker on bolts, or forget to check your Rx battery Voltage before you fly, or do you always seem to have trouble with your engines? If this is you, time on a single-engine warbird or simply time on more models wouldn't be a bad idea. It comes down to "crossing your t's and dotting your i's." If you seem to make it to the flying field, fuel up your models, put in several flights without mechanical issues, and if you can keep an airplane "alive" for a while, maybe you'd be okay with something like the B-25. But again, even though it is a baby to fly, the stakes are higher (with all the expense and higher complexity), so you should be really confident in your skills before getting something like the B-25.

Okay, more food for thought.

Tim