At first, yes, i was against it, but it has since grown on me.
It makes sense. I mean, why wouldnt there be NEM+ Kitbashes just there were in TMP and TNG times?
If one would want to make a successful kitbash in the TOS/TMP-eras, one should wonder how everything in the inside works. If you ask me, it helps to make a cutaway. Kitbashes ranging from extra-nacelle-sticking/nacelle-arranging to through-deck carriers that have a warp core in the middle of that large hangar bay sometimes baffle me when I think about it.
If kitbashes are to be successful in any era, it is my belief that it must make sense. Otherwise, create a new design. I figured that, with the graceful curves and organic look of the successful TNG-era Starships such as the Galaxy-class, New-Orleans-class, Nebula-class, Cheyenne-class, etc. that it would be pretty darned hard to make one that makes sense inside and out. Sure, it's fun to put one part here and another there and make it look cool, but would it actually work (
if one would think about it)?
Therefore I'd be more reluctant to make kitbashes in the TNG era (
and beyond). Sure, more people do it for any era than make a unique and original design (
though there are exceptions), and some do a nice job at either/or (
kitbashing/original design), but half the time nowadays, I have to wonder if this or that design would work...
And I'm pretty sure that the winning Titan design looks like something that can function, but still, it's a kitbash, and one of the rules of the contest was originality. I don't believe the winner did such a good job at that, but that's me.