This isn't Starmada, but SFB(ish).....
http://www.fluency.paintedtarget.org/bsg/index.html
I think the primary thing is that the ships be consistent with each other, and don't obsess over trying to get it "in line with the series" - like most Television SciFi, it's woefully inconsistant and short on details.
If you wonder how certain things are supposed to work, ask. I don't know if you've played SFB, but I've had my butt handed to me by a Marine Staff Seargeant who loved Kzinti (not to be confused with Kzin)....
If you come up with a good conversion, maybe we can use it in the Space Fleet Omega setting....