As far as Excelsior reduxes go, I prefer Drexler’s version over this one. Although I’m still not a fan of the ‘let’s make new ships look like old ships for no real good reason’ mentality of late.
They don't feel over designed to me. They feel the same as the Connie Refit's nacelles IMO Concept art of the Stargazer from Season 2 didn't have those panels glowing, and I honestly prefer that.
I think I would have liked it a bit more if those nacelles were just a little bit smaller. Same length but less...girth?
I am a bit old fashioned, I still prefer the TOS cylindrical nacelles. They looked like powerful field generators to me. I think the SNW version look pretty good and I also like the NX edition...
~ I quite agree, plus they're really oddly divided. These nacelles remind me very much of 24th century phaser rifles pointing backwards [link from Ex Astris Scientia]. And I cannot unsee how the filled in dark undercut of the main forward half of the nacelle just accentuates the saggy belly hanging from the rear half. I really like the Duderstadt-class, but I feel it's ruined by using these nacelles (and to a lesser degree the other ship classes that use them, but only because they're rather inelegant to begin with - imo, of course). Their style doesn't really match up with the ships they're paired to - particularly the Titan-A.