“This is not going home to adorn my shelves,” Roddenberry said. “This is going to get restored and we’re working on ways to get it out so the public can see it and my hope is that it will land in a museum somewhere.”

QuintonReviews’ latest 38 hour video has a segment on this model and the guy who built it, pretty interesting.

They should use it in a crossover tv ep or movie. Either as a prop or as an actual effect piece.