The diagram of the Enterprise next to the bridge turbolift

[Maurice]

I believe it was none other than Rick Sternbach himself holding the penlight in that scene.

Myth. Nope.

Rick: "Heck no. Wrong IA local. "

 

[Firebird]

For what it's worth, ST:TMP didn't have this diagram on the bridge but did have similar elevation and plan views of the ship inside the turbo lift. A little moving dot on the map seems to indicate where the turbo lift is physically located within the turbo lift system.

It's funny how overkill that lift network is.

I keep hoping that a clearer image of that map finds its way online. All the little details on there would be fascinating to look at. I wonder if Lee Cole had anything to do with creating that diagram?

 

[Maurice]

^^^
Rick Sternbach made it. He says he doesn't have a copy, or photos. :/

EDIT:

The original artwork was black ink and Letraset dingbats on illo board, shot on hi-con neg and colored with sheet gels. This was 1978, when we had to get the production manager's approval to even get xeroxes made. On the other side of the studio lot.
... The turbo paths were all invented pretty quickly and not at all mapped out to any kind of reality. The point was to see a map, watch a red dot move for a second, and then you're out of the shot... The dot was a guy holding a small bulb on a stick and following a couple of clear plexi tracks.
... If I had to guess, it was either one of Alex Weldon's guys, or one of Dick Rubin's guys.

 

[Rick Sternbach]

I believe it was none other than Rick Sternbach himself holding the penlight in that scene.

Myth. Nope.

Rick: "Heck no. Wrong IA local. "

Let me add that now in 2015, I really don't recall actually holding the penlight or moving it. I do vaguely recall the mechanics of the backside of the map, and a more correct description of the light would be a small bulb shining through a short length of maybe 1/8" round polished plexi rod touching the map and tracking along a channel.

Rick