Alright! So, as promised, here are the diagrams I mentioned earlier. I don't want to spend too much more time on this side-quest, as we're in a thread about LDS S5 tech, but it is somewhat topical, considering the usage of fan-made art in recent official Trek productions, so here it goes.
Back in 1994, I did 3 sheets of 5 views of the TOS Galactica based on the 1978/79 Revellogram kit. In fact, I traced the top/bottom ortho outline first using the kit I built several years before. The sizes and metrics of the other views were keyed off the top/bottom view to keep everything in scale. Here is a photo of the original sheets I pencil-drew. Filled in the details by sitting in front of the TV with my VCR and NTSC tape of "Saga of a Star World" and went frame-by-frame to get as much of the details as I could. Used press-on letters for the typefacing - It was called "Microgramma", which is akin to the "Eurostile" font used for lettering on Starfleet ships. Putting the images in spoiler tags because they're kind of big.
When I stood up my schematics site back in 1996/1997, I scanned in the sheets, cleaned them up and made a composite of all the images, splitting up the half-orthos and flipping them to provide a full image. Not accurate, obviously, as there were a lot of asymmetrical greebles attached to the original studio filming model. Added the faux-"copyright" notice to mark the starting date of the site. Also built a one-page, which I put on the site, which I'm pretty sure the NuBSG production used for their set pieces (note I didn't include the bottom view - the NuBSG on-screen versions also omit the bottom view). It's sadly very super-low res, as high-end CRT monitors back then probably only went up to 1024x768 @ 72 DPI, if you're lucky. 800x600 was more the standard.
Then, many years later, came the PropWorx auction in 2009. I was deep into BSG at the time and I of course had to get the catalogs (couldn't afford anything else on there) and downloaded the PDF's, all of which I still have. I was browsing through the "Set Decoration" and "Set Piece" sections when lo-and-behold, I saw THIS on page 234 in book 1, with my name associated with it (highlighted in yellow):
It was that very same 4-view schematic that I had posted on my site 12-13 years before. I can only assume that, despite its horrible inaccuracy, it was the only schematic of its kind in the world that came close to being accurate. Well, as you might image, I damn near shit my pants over this. The nerdgasm was strong in this one on that day, I can tell ya. Then a few months later, book 2 came out and sure enough, there were apparently 3 more uses of that same design (although didn't mention me - again, I'm okay with that, they didn't need to mention me at all - ever):
You can actually even catch a glimpse of one of those in the "Weapons Control Room" area behind the tactical station in the CIC set:
Pretty sure it was the one listed on page 246 - Lot 676 "CIC Pillar Translight Panel", as it's the only one with the beveled corners, which that one also has.
So, there you have it folks! Fan-made stuff does sometimes make it to the big-time. My little 15 minutes of fame.
OH! Almost forgot - in 2008, right before I found out they used my old drawings, I revisited the schematics based on photos of the original filming model I had since gotten a hold of. I really wish I had done this years before so it could be used instead of that older thing, but the source material simply wasn't available back in the 90's. It's still not 100% accurate - the head is a little off and the main central body is a little too narrow, but it's a metric ass-ton closer to what it should look like:
And I have the original vector PDF available for download here who really want to check out the details. Built using Adobe Illustrator. I'd say I put in about 400-500 hours in on that one. Enjoy! 
Back in 1994, I did 3 sheets of 5 views of the TOS Galactica based on the 1978/79 Revellogram kit. In fact, I traced the top/bottom ortho outline first using the kit I built several years before. The sizes and metrics of the other views were keyed off the top/bottom view to keep everything in scale. Here is a photo of the original sheets I pencil-drew. Filled in the details by sitting in front of the TV with my VCR and NTSC tape of "Saga of a Star World" and went frame-by-frame to get as much of the details as I could. Used press-on letters for the typefacing - It was called "Microgramma", which is akin to the "Eurostile" font used for lettering on Starfleet ships. Putting the images in spoiler tags because they're kind of big.
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So, there you have it folks! Fan-made stuff does sometimes make it to the big-time. My little 15 minutes of fame.
OH! Almost forgot - in 2008, right before I found out they used my old drawings, I revisited the schematics based on photos of the original filming model I had since gotten a hold of. I really wish I had done this years before so it could be used instead of that older thing, but the source material simply wasn't available back in the 90's. It's still not 100% accurate - the head is a little off and the main central body is a little too narrow, but it's a metric ass-ton closer to what it should look like:
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