Really impressive, Blacksmith!
I know Leland Erickson, one of the fellows bringing back Silent Death, has also said they look good with the fighters, so you are in excellent company there.
He announced the easy-on-the-pocketbook prices on TMP a while back.
Assembly is pretty straightforward, but I will warn that some have a LOT of little detail. If you are all thumbs, such as moi, you will be wise to watch for anything that looks like it has a halo of fins on it's snout. I think some of the 'smaller' (As in class; size IS pretty constant) earth ships were bad this way.
Also, while length is fairly flat across the series, bulk varies enough to give some variety.
"...owned several more that I didn't build. "
Most of my collection, really. Shame, that.
Of course, there are reasonable prices on the larger kits, so you could go for 'near scale', have one or two big boys static on the table, with smaller ships buzzing around, and clouds of fighters, burning noiselessly in the aether, the cries of...
*ahem* Sorry, got a bit carried away.
Doug