SSD,
I don't disagree. The Chipmunk is without doubt a delight. But it was 15 years too late.
And just as the Tiger Moth's contemporaries, the Stampe and the Jungmann, (both also delightful handling aircraft) the Chipmunk would not have been as easily repairable which is arguably the key to the success of the type and the job at hand.
Its place in history, not its handling, is what keeps the Tiger's appeal so strong.